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Should SD versions of HD channels go the way of analog?
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<p>[QUOTE="ajc_trw, post: 62943, member: 5514"]Agreed. :cheers: </p><p></p><p>My main point of downconverting the HD channel at the STB comes from my experience with OTA STBs. The HD signal converted to 480i always looked better than the cable SD counterpart. </p><p></p><p>Also, I get WMAR ABC 2 from Baltimore which downconverts their HD signal to SD to put on channel 2.2 (I'm guessing to handle the downconvert themselves rather than let the cablecos do it). In my experience the 720p downconverted looks much better than the 480i on my SDTV.[/QUOTE]</p><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajc_trw, post: 62943, member: 5514"]Agreed. :cheers: My main point of downconverting the HD channel at the STB comes from my experience with OTA STBs. The HD signal converted to 480i always looked better than the cable SD counterpart. Also, I get WMAR ABC 2 from Baltimore which downconverts their HD signal to SD to put on channel 2.2 (I'm guessing to handle the downconvert themselves rather than let the cablecos do it). In my experience the 720p downconverted looks much better than the 480i on my SDTV.[/QUOTE]
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