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Posted by hobbes on November 14, 2007, 8:04 am
Hi,
I have Cablevision (New York, Westchester County) and my SOny Bravia
TV can get HDTV channels. However they seem to be in the 84.XXXX and
110.XXX ranges. I also get NON HDTV channels at the usual chanels
2,3,4 etc. up to about 74.
What confuses me is that say I want to watch House on HD. I do not tue
to channel 5 (FOX) but some other channel. In cablevision world it is
channel 705. But on my Bravia it is like 98.XXX or something. Finding
the HD TV channels is like a real challenge.
Am I missing something here, or is it always this difficult with HD
tv ....
Best, Mike.
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Posted by Noel on November 14, 2007, 8:51 am
> Hi,
>
> I have Cablevision (New York, Westchester County) and my SOny Bravia
> TV can get HDTV channels. However they seem to be in the 84.XXXX and
> 110.XXX ranges. I also get NON HDTV channels at the usual chanels
> 2,3,4 etc. up to about 74.
>
> What confuses me is that say I want to watch House on HD. I do not tue
> to channel 5 (FOX) but some other channel. In cablevision world it is
> channel 705. But on my Bravia it is like 98.XXX or something. Finding
> the HD TV channels is like a real challenge.
>
> Am I missing something here, or is it always this difficult with HD
> tv ....
>
> Best, Mike.
No, i have time warner cable and get all my local channels as usual
CBS-2, nbc-4 and etc. but to get hd, i have to tune in to 702 for CBS
and 704 for NBC and etc. Thats the way it is.
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Posted by badgolferman on November 14, 2007, 9:21 am
hobbes, 11/14/2007,8:04:58 AM, wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Cablevision (New York, Westchester County) and my SOny Bravia
> TV can get HDTV channels. However they seem to be in the 84.XXXX and
> 110.XXX ranges. I also get NON HDTV channels at the usual chanels
> 2,3,4 etc. up to about 74.
>
> What confuses me is that say I want to watch House on HD. I do not tue
> to channel 5 (FOX) but some other channel. In cablevision world it is
> channel 705. But on my Bravia it is like 98.XXX or something. Finding
> the HD TV channels is like a real challenge.
>
> Am I missing something here, or is it always this difficult with HD
> tv ....
>
> Best, Mike.
Do you use a cable card or a settop box provided by the cable company?
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Posted by Phil-In-Mich. on November 14, 2007, 9:37 am
>
> Am I missing something here, or is it always this difficult with HD
> tv ....
I have had a coffee break trying to figure out how to explain it, I am
having problems. Maybe someone else can make it shorter and more direct.
But here is my take to answer your question.
Back years ago, they made B&W TV a subset of Color TV. All was good with
the world. Old worked with New, consumer could up grade when old TV died.
HD TV is not a subset of standard Color TV or vise versa. You cannot
super-impose HDTV over or with Standard TV. Not going to happen. Standard
TV sets cannot deal with HDTV. (Forget about converter boxes for older TVs
for now.)
Your Cable TV channels 2-74 are frequency assigned, and frequency allocated
bandwidth, and many technical terms for your neighbors who don't own a HDTV.
Your TV set has actually two sets TV electronics for decoding TV signals.
Standard and HDTV. (because you may want to watch CNN, or TCM, or any other
cable TV that is only in Standard TV, and you wouldn't purchase a TV set
that didn't give you the choice and your TV set maker knew that.)
However, the signal for HDTV is much larger, needs other technical special
stuff to prevent cross-talk interference, Yada-yada-yada. So it is way up
on the triple digit cable TV channels so it won't interfere with your
neighbors who haven't purchased a new expensive TV set like you did.
That is why, someday soon, over the air broadcasting TV stations will shut
down their standard TV broadcasting, and move to all digital TV
broadcasting. A few years after that, your cable TV will change over to
almost all Digital Channels, and standard TV's will be left out as they get
older and older. Converter boxes may or may not help out.
This post may not have helped.
Phil
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Posted by Mikepier on November 14, 2007, 9:49 am
> Hi,
>
> I have Cablevision (New York, Westchester County) and my SOny Bravia
> TV can get HDTV channels. However they seem to be in the 84.XXXX and
> 110.XXX ranges. I also get NON HDTV channels at the usual chanels
> 2,3,4 etc. up to about 74.
>
> What confuses me is that say I want to watch House on HD. I do not tue
> to channel 5 (FOX) but some other channel. In cablevision world it is
> channel 705. But on my Bravia it is like 98.XXX or something. Finding
> the HD TV channels is like a real challenge.
>
> Am I missing something here, or is it always this difficult with HD
> tv ....
>
> Best, Mike.
You should be able to get the HD channels without the box by tuning
to the subchannel. For example: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, etc. Keep in mind
these are networks that normally broadcast over the air. For cable
channels like ESPNHD or CNNHD, you will need the cable box.
It is possible that a program like House could end up on another
channel like 98.xxx, but it will still be on 5.1.
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