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HDTV Issue
Recently received a Pioneer 50" Plasma courtesy of Stars. Notify the cable company, they bring me a new DVR HD box, hook me up and tell me I'm good to go. Go to ESPN HD for the Spurs/Jazz game tonight, and the image has the black bars across the top and bottom and really looks like it can't handle the image when they go on a fast break. Like the midcourt logo is unreadable. I'm not a television expert so I thought I would post here for any advice.
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Re: HDTV Issue
standard HD
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Re: HDTV Issue
If you have black bars across the top and bottom, something is wrong in the settings.
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Re: HDTV Issue
Also, the box was hooked up through one of the component input hookups. When I try to change the display on an HD channel, the box telling me what input I am using pops up, and it says '480i', regardless of whether or not I am on an HD channel.
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Re: HDTV Issue
not everything on espn hd is hd....
i get those bars also but on the sides when a program on a hd channel is not hd... sorry if i misunderstood your problem |
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Re: HDTV Issue
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not everything on espn hd is hd.... i get those bars also but on the sides when a program on a hd channel is not hd... sorry if i misunderstood your problem [/ QUOTE ]that game was in HD though, and if he was on the ESPN HD channel it shouldn't have had black bars. So yeah, it's the settings most likely. edit: wait, could it possibly be from the DVR? I have a dvd recorder(separate from the cable box). The regular cable box goes to component 1, and the recorder goes to component 2. If I try to watch a HD program on component 2(dvd recorder) there are the black lines. So, could it be from the DVR, and maybe he should get a regular HD cable box? |
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Re: HDTV Issue
I could be wrong, but I'm not sure that component inputs support 720p. Don't you have to use HDMI inputs to get HD?
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Re: HDTV Issue
Pretty sure components support up to and including 720p. Above that, you need DVI/HDMI.
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Re: HDTV Issue
if it says 480i something is wrong
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Re: HDTV Issue
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I could be wrong, but I'm not sure that component inputs support 720p. Don't you have to use HDMI inputs to get HD? [/ QUOTE ] Component definitely supports 720p and 1080i. 1080p over component is technically possible, but disabled for copy protection reasons. |
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