Could I buy a HDTV LCD Television without having a hd terminal, (if i only have a regular cable tv terminal).?

Question

I want to buy a flat screen tv (32" HDTV LCD Television) i dont plan on getting an hd terminal any time soon, because this will be a tv for my room and so i dont need any hd there. So i have a reguar cable that connects to the tv (the one that you have to screw in) and it give me like 60 channels, but not any hd programming. I want to know if its a good idea to get a HDTV if i dont plan on using the HD of it?

Answer 1

Your tv will connect up fine, as it seems like you know this already.

I want you to know that there is no such thing as an HD "terminal" and that the HD channels that your cable company offers come through the same cable, they are just digital signals instead of analog.

If you have digital cable already, I suggest getting an HD cable box. This will make your viewing experience a lot better. If you are not willing to do that, then you do not need to worry about spending the money on an HDTV right now.

I would also like to mention that there are 32" LCD tvs that have a sticker on them that say "DCR", which means digital cable ready and this will allow you to get digital cable channels on the TV.

I know what you mean about not needing HD in your bedroom. Many people are getting HDTVs and HD cable boxes for their family or living rooms and waiting until later to get it around the house, which reminds me of how TVs themselves went from just in the living room into multiple rooms in the house in the 1970s and 1980s.

Standard shows will not look right on an HDTV as the picture is in a more square format. Hence, the name widescreen for HDTVs. This will be the standard of the future, but for right now, you will either have black bars on the left and right of your screen when displaying standard definition shows or you will stretch the image to fit the wide screen and everyone will look fat on the TV or you will zoom in and cut off the top and bottom of the broadcast.

Basically, HDTVs are made for HD and SDTVs are made for SD. I love my HD set, but I wouldn't rush into anything now.

Answer 2

in case you pay for cable, and your cable organization is fairly up thus far, it truly is what you'll see. The analog channels they nevertheless carry will look like complete garbage. The digital SD channels will look blah to good at perfect. the strong information is that you receives a handful of HD channels for loose. The cable organizations are required by regulation to deliver community networks down the twine loose and contained in the sparkling without fee. Your ATSC tuner received't %. those up. there is yet another tuner on your television noted as 'sparkling QAM' tuner the sparkling area potential 'contained in the sparkling' or not encrypted in any form. verify the specs of the television you're searching at, very nearly each little thing i can keep in thoughts has a sparkling QAM tuner. in case you want each of the HD channels and in no way merely the small handful, you should enroll in the HD service and it truly is a ought to for a huge HDTV. also a ought to, unload your DVD participant for a cheap blu ray participant and a cheap HDMI cable, this is the perfect HD era.

Answer 3

Yes, you can do it, but you will be disappointed in the image quality. HDTV's are designed for HD signals. Your standard analog cable TV will look fuzzy and blurry on your HDTV. You would be better off buying a standard tube TV to watch standard analog channels. A tube TV will look better.

Answer 4

As far as I know, the FCC required all HDTV's to be compatable with current standard TV broadcast signals. So I would say you should have no problem at all in the area you describe.