HD TV question.

welkman
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Hi,
Can anyone settle this little argument i'm having with one of my freinds?
Can you send a HD signal over a normal RF cable? He has just had Sky HD put into his house and has had it linked to the kitchen from the lounge with a normal TV aerial type connection. I was under the impression you needed a HDMI, DVI or component cable to transfer the HD signal? The company assures him that it is full blown HD in the Kitchen but the quality is a bit poor?
Cheers,
W
Can anyone settle this little argument i'm having with one of my freinds?
Can you send a HD signal over a normal RF cable? He has just had Sky HD put into his house and has had it linked to the kitchen from the lounge with a normal TV aerial type connection. I was under the impression you needed a HDMI, DVI or component cable to transfer the HD signal? The company assures him that it is full blown HD in the Kitchen but the quality is a bit poor?
Cheers,
W
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Odd one.
I'd say no, you can't, but the dish uses an RF cable to get the data to the decoder. Depends exactly what the set up was.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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just looked and....
the signal is shocking. Its not even a good 'sky' quality, let alone a HD signal!0 -
welkman
it depends on where and what is being sent. from the decoder then composite/DVI/HDMI
is needed."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
Hi,
It is being sent via the RF OUT (either 1 or 2 ) on the back of the SKY HD box. Normal TV fed over HDMI connection.
Cheers
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what make of box?"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
If it's sent out of the RF Out then it will be SD.I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.0
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just had a look at the "generic" HD Box and it just looks like SD pass through."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
My main TV is connected directly to Sky+HD and that is sent around the house to other TVs using RF connectored coaxial cable and it only gives a SD picture. The installer said HDMI cables would sort this but it would be pretty expensive.
You can send the HD signal using RF connections but it will need a decoder, otherwise it just shows up as Standard Definition.0 -
If it's being fed out of the RF port on the back of the HD box not a chance, it is being fed from there as SD.
There might be a way if fed from the HDMI port and then into a box that converts it to pump it down an RF (COAX) cable to another box which reconverts it back to HDMI but I don't know if they exist.
I am also unsure if you can split a HDMI signal too because you start getting into the copy protection stuff that all HDMI signals are encoded with.
I do know you can buy pretty long HDMI cables, 5 metres or so but not sure if that helps.0 -
A company with no idea by the sounds of it, they didn't turn up on horses shouting yeee haaa did they?0