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"Brad Cobb" <brcobb@excites.com> wrote in message
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> BC wrote:
>> "John S. Dyson" <toor@iquest.net> wrote in message
>> news:d6toc1$2tm1$2@news.iquest.net...
>>
>>>In article <Rpkke.466$2u1.316@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>,
>>>"BC" <bcphoto@core.com> writes:
>>>
>>>>"f13dfx" <f13dfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>>>I am wondering if anyone in this newsgroup would have an archived HD
>>>>>copy of either or all of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Masters Golf
>>>>>Tournament Championships broadcast by CBS in HD.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I was under the impression that you could not record an HD signal 1080i
>>>>on a
>>>>VHS recorder which is something like 420i. I tried to make one
>>>>recording
>>>>and there wasn't any signal to the VHS that it could recognize. Maybe
>>>>someone else could reply to this.
>>>>
>>>
>>>A DVHS recorder can do a perfect record/playback of an OTA ATSC
>>>broadcast.
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>
>> Does the DVHS use DVI or HDMI cabling? If yes, does the built in HDCP
>> affect the quality? If no, the other cables won't pass a digital signal
>> as far as I know. So if the first case is true and it uses DVI let's say
>> then you could upscale a DVD to 1080i and record to DVHS which I don't
>> think the cables will allow. The other way component or RBG etc won't
>> carry true HD at 720p or 1080i. Of course there are large profession
>> recorders that will do this for what $8k or so? But I think we are
>> talking consumer.
>>
>> BC
>>
>>
>>
>
> You are correct that a component connection won't carry a digital signal.
> However, a component cable connection will absolutely carry a true HD
> signal at 720P and/or 1080i. The various DVHS recorders have different
> means of recording HD. Some can utilize component, DVI, HDMI or 1394
> connections.
>
This is all a bit confusing to me but I thought that a progressive signal
was digital only. Progressive refreshing is the whole screen at once isn't
it? Correct me please if I'm off base. Standard tvs (analog) or scanning
tvs can't do progessive I thought only LCD and DLP can refresh the whole
screen. It seems too that no matter what the signal says it is, 1080i let's
say and my tv is only 768 lines of resolution it will only show 720p at its
best. It does the scaling inside the set. So are you sure that 720p or
1080i is actually going through the component cable or is it being converted
to 480i?
BC