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Originally posted by MolsonInBothHands+Jul 5 2005, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MolsonInBothHands @ Jul 5 2005, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Pagal4321@Jul 5 2005, 04:42 PM
I want to check out a football game in HDTV, i can only imagine how crazy it is.
Don't plan on forking over for the HDTV box from Shaw tho....my tv is HDTV ready(i'm pretty sure)
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I was of the understanding that HDTV ready simply means the television can handle the resolution of the HDTV format... but you still have to get an HDTV decoder, whether it be a cable box, or a satellite tuner that provides the HDTV signal for the shwanky TV. Is this correct? [/b][/quote]
Yes.
Tv's can be HD ready, but need a HD capable box to get the signals.
Not sure about your distortion, the local/basic cable stations on Shaw are still analog based signal, so they're going to look much more grainy then the HD, and slightly more then digital signals (channel 60, and the specialty stations between 80-120). Of course, a bigger TV, you notice this more.
Shaw recently expanded HD, and Snet in HD is welcome. The elimination of the omnibus channel, which Shaw shifted hourly to get HD content from all over the place, TNT for NBA basket ball, then a CBS show the next hour etc, is gone now.
Not sure how it will work for regional broadcasts of Snet hockey games (although they may not be shot in HD either).
The lacking hole for HD is Fox, lets hope thats fixed before football (and S5 of 24!). HD content (for now) is still free with Shaw.
But you're right, the picture difference is fantastic, and those shows/event shot in HD with the widescreen etc is even better.