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Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:18:08 -0500, "Gerry Boulter" <gboulterca@yahoo.ca> wrote: >My cable provider (Cogeco) uses the Motorola 6208 Set top box which I have >set up to enable closed captioning. My problem is that I am having >difficulty...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:44:13 -0500, "half_eaten" <half_eaten@hotmail.com> wrote: >It also depends on whether or not your television sends the 480p signal >through the closed caption processing chip. Alot of TV sets don't do >this. > >-Mike...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) When playing a DVD which contains closed captions, will any TV sets display the captions when playing with a 480p input? If so, can you cite any which will? Modern sets, of course, generally do this just fine with a 480i input. Just to...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:52:11 -0700, Chris Thomas <cthomas@mminternet.com> wrote: >Depends on your receiver. If it has a passthrough or "native" mode, >where it outputs video at whatever scan rate it recieved the signal, >and if it has...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 22:42:26 GMT, Dave Solly <none@where.com> wrote: >In your case, the tuner converts everything to 1080i. No further action >required on your part. You always set the output of the tuner to the native >resolution of your...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) Is there any way to determine the native, as broadcast, resolution and aspect ratio of an OTA signal? My tuner (Samsung SIR-T351) converts all signals to a selected resolution--I use 1080i--but apparently does not provide a way to determine...

Archived from groups: alt.video.satellite.4dtv (More info?) Hi ... after years of local stations all of a sudden I don't get any. I get a message to call customer service at ext. 721, I turn off the receiver for a while and then turn it back on but no local stations. I get all my other...