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September 12, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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yousillyGoose said:
What a sad sad day! So you’re saying that plugging the coax into the STB upgrades the signal, and then shooting it into the tuner with a coax is basically downgrading the signal again?
Coax, composite, and s-video can only carry a 480i signal so if you are using any of these from a STB you are only getting a 480i picture.
You must use HDMI, DVI, component, or VGA to get a 720p/1080p picture from the STB.
The primary reason for this is that the signal coming into your STB is has a much higher bandwidth than the one that STB is able to transmit to the TV.
It’s kinda complicated. Just accept you won’t get digital over a coax once it goes through the STB.