>
> But I'm a little confused. What's the deal with the HDTV
> Television...where some of them sport a 'built in TV Tuner'
> and others just say HDTV Ready?
>
> Does it mean if I connect a DVD player and an Xbox to the
> television I need another seperate 'tuner' component in order
> to get the improved sharp image quality?
>
> What about my regular cable signal? Will I need the tuner to
> get benefits from that?
>
> Or is the TUner only to allow the TV to interpret new digital
> HDTV cable streams?
OK, what you have to remember is that all HD input comes through
Component cables
So, to get your cable signal HD, you'll have to get the HD box
Sam with the Xbox - Component Cables, otherwise it's not HD
Next, there are 4 "Levels" of HD
480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i
These are the numbers of lines displayed
Not all HD TVs support all 4 of the standards, but all will support the
480 ones
Now, with DVD, most players will only show the DVDs at 480i, so having a
1080i compatible TV and expecting to get full HD quality
Also, with the Xbox, as per the site I pointed to earlier with the HD
games on it, most games are at 480P, and only the odd game at higher
So "at the moment", you don't NEED a 1080i compatible TV, but we have
one and when it can show a HD game, it does <g>
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