i have a 4 year old tv, cost about $400. definately not hdtv by today's standards, but it does have component video inputs. when i use my new dvd connected with the component feeds, i get what i believe to be one of the clearest picture available. looks just like any hdtv my friends have.<br /><br />this is my question- could i take a hdtv receiver from the cable company and connect it to my tv using the component feeds, and watch the hdtv channels? it seems logical to me. just wouldn't be able to have the vdv connected at the same time. my buddy who lives next door is going to bring over his receiver and we will try this. just wanted to see what people thought. if this works, may have found a way to watch hd quality tv without paying big bucks for the tv.
<br />Ol' Norse<br />A regular TV can't use a digital signal unless it is converted to a standard definition(analog) signal with some sort of converter box. <br />Even with a digital TV, it might be high definition like 1080 lines of resolution or it could be less. I know in the Baltimore area not all the stations broadcasting in digital are doing it with the highest resolution. Something to do with available bandwidth & what else they can do with the digital signal.<br />I'm just an interested bystander w/out a digital TV so my experience is limited by what I hear, read or see.