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Jeff Gatie · 04-07-2008, 08:06 AM

Chris,

Your non-HD box cannot receive any HD channels. None. It doesn't even know the HD channels exist because it cannot tune those channels. So if it cannot receive it, it cannot convert it. So, everything you are viewing with a non-HD box is SD. It is SD at the source, SD at the satellite box/DVR and SD at your TV.

So, until you get a tuner/DVR that is capable of receiving HD, you will always be watching an SD source broadcast on an SD channel. Although these SD channels may be broadcasting the same content as their HD versions, these SD channels are broadcast in the SD frequency band and are completely seperate from any HD broadcasts that may be taking place on the HD frequencies.

04-07-2008, 08:06 AM	#13 of 23
Jeff Gatie Member Location: Mass Join Date: Aug 2002 Local Time: 08:43 AM Local Date: 09-05-2008 Posts: 5,370	Re: HD programming Chris, Your non-HD box cannot receive any HD channels. None. It doesn't even know the HD channels exist because it cannot tune those channels. So if it cannot receive it, it cannot convert it. So, everything you are viewing with a non-HD box is SD. It is SD at the source, SD at the satellite box/DVR and SD at your TV. So, until you get a tuner/DVR that is capable of receiving HD, you will always be watching an SD source broadcast on an SD channel. Although these SD channels may be broadcasting the same content as their HD versions, these SD channels are broadcast in the SD frequency band and are completely seperate from any HD broadcasts that may be taking place on the HD frequencies.