Alright guys heres the situation...I got tons of people coming down to watch the OSU vs. Michigan game in 2 weeks. Ive got my Samsung HDTV, my dell xps, and my hdtv cable box. My hdtv cable does not get abc in HD. PROBLEM!! Someone told me that you can by and hd tuner and put it into your computer to pick up hd signals..could i connect my computer to the tv and get the game in HD from the HD tuner in the computer?? BTW my tv does support computer screens/pictures with a comp. input in the back. BTW#2 dont say about getting a satelitte b/c to much $$$$.
2006-10-30 11:56:11 · 5 answers · asked by somerandomdude2006 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
BTW Go Buckeyes!
2006-10-30 11:59:20 · update #1
Or you could just get an HD Antenna and hook it straight to your TV, and bypass the computer. But I would doubt that if your cable company doesn't broadcast ABC in HD, that the over the air signal would be HD, so neither an antenna or a tuner would help anyway. The HD tuner in the computer would most likely just allow you to hook the cable box to the computer, so if the cable box doesn't have ABC in HD, the computer tuner isn't going to help.
2006-10-30 14:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange that your cable company doesn't carry ABC in HD, period. Check your sked tonight and see if you can't pick up Dancing With The Stars on HD (no kidding, most if not all of ABC's best shows are already broadcast in HDTV). If it's not on your cable box, check w/ your cable company and ask why not.
So, are you saying your Samsung TV does not have an HDTV tuner already in there? If it does, all you need to do is hook up an antenna and tune to ABC using your TV tuner. Maybe even do a little surfing to see the multicast channels available in your area. Definitely an eye opener, and you don't need a cable TV hookup to see it.
If that TV is just HD ready, then you could go w/ the HDTV card in the computer plan. Connect the proper cables between the card and the HDTV monitor, attach the antenna to the card, set the monitor to the proper input, tune the card to ABC using your computer, and OSU-Michigan will be on ABC Saturday in two weeks. You can experiment between your component vs VGA (computer monitor) hookups to see which produces the better picture.
2006-10-31 03:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by CMass Stan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the cable company is not broadcasting it in hd then it doesn't matter if you hook it up to a hd tuner. Check to see if the local abc station is broadcasting in hd over the air, then get an antenna and hook it up to your hd ready samsung. Just bypass the computer and cable box.
2006-10-30 22:18:57 · answer #3 · answered by buddhaboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ABC channel is it? I couldn't find an ABC in Michigan or Ohio that isn't broadcasting an over the air digital signal. It's probably the cable company that isn't broadcasting in HD.
2006-10-31 10:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by antennawiz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I,M IN MS AND IT BETTER BE ON DOWN HERE.GO BUCKS
GOD BLESS
2006-10-30 11:58:41 · answer #5 · answered by thewindowman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋