this is a good point
I have 2 OTA atsc recievers, one hooked up to an HD display, one hooked up to a vanilla 8yr old 20" Trinitron TV in the bedroom.
Reason ? I dont have cable or satellite. the atsc reciever delivers a solid good quality ntsc signal on my second bedroom set. True - it's not HD, not even close, but it's better than a ghosting and/or snowy analog signal. I think a good comparison is: its similar to a DVD picture on a regular TV.
Eventually I'd like to replace it with an HD model, but I'm one of those people who doesnt have the money right now, and am somewhat happy to settle for a decent NTSC picture for now.
On 11/09/05 12:03 ET, OTA AOK said...
That's exactly the point I have been trying to
get across. Rather than just telling someone that
their old non HDTV tv set won't work with an HDTV
receiver you should give them all the facts. They
may be happy with just being able to watch the
HD channels for free over the air even if the
picture is downconverted and not in true HD. Let's
face it, not everyone has the money to buy a new
HDTV tv and some could care less if the picture
is in true HD or not as long as long as they can
still watch their favourite programs.
