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Ben wrote:
>
> > Ben:
> >
> > I use a SA3250HD set top box from Time Warner Cable.....
> > to feed my Sony 34HS510 HDTV..... System works swell!!
> >
> > I'd say you have 3 ways of connecting HD down converted or
> > Analog TV to your non HD TV set...
> >
> > 1) Try the component out with SA 3250 HD box set to 480i....
> > This is 3 RCA plugs on 3 cables...
> >
> > 2) Try the S-Video out if your TV set has that 480i S-Video input..
> > THis may give you the best picture for analog???
> > This is a 4 pin 1 cable connector...
> >
> > 3) Lastly try the composite out... This should be
> > used only as a last resort... Picture usually not good.
> > This is a single co-ax cable....
> >
> > Which of the 3 cable connections gives you the BEST Picture.??
> Dennis,
>
> Thanks for responding. I have hooked up the 3 RCA plugs from the 3250HD box
> to the three component RCA plus on the non HDTV. I then set the 3250HD to
> output only 480i. This is giving me the best picture and sound over the
> option of using the coaxial out of the 3250 into the non HDTV. I did not try
> a S-Video cable since I do not have one and believe component should be
> better?
>
> So it looks like even though the TV is not HDTV, I can still use the 3250HD
> box having it output via the components at 480i. I know it will not be HDTV
> clarity on the HDTV channels, but even those channels are now displayable
> where as before with the 3250 they were not sent to the TV.
>
> Do you know if it also true that the output from the coaxial is not stereo.
> Meaning if the coaxial is sent to the TV, even though the TV is stereo, it
> will only have mono sound? This seems to be another reason to use the 3250HD
> box (over the 3250) since it allows for other outputs than just the coaxial?
Ben:
There are two types of SA3250HD Coax signals... Video (poor quality)
and audio coax (superb).... Do not mix these two up on
SA3250HD...!
The SA3250HD for Video has DVI, Component, S-Video, & composite...
The SA3250 HD for Audio has coax (DD5.1 capable signal) and Red/White
Stereo...
THis box has no Optical audio TOS (DD5.1) output....
I feed my SA3250HD audio coax into a ONKYO A/V SR-501 receiver
($260)
then out put to DD 6.1 speaker surround system....
I also run the Red/White Stereo audio from SA3250HD to SONY HDTV to
add 'more' channels of sound if necessary....
>
> "Dennis Mayer" <Polaris1@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:41642D3E.61B4E20C@execpc.com...
> >
> >
> > Ben wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a standard definition TV, JVC AV-32D501, that has component in
> >> hookups. I first had a Scientific Atlanta 3250 standard definition set
> >> top
> >> box (stb) hooked up to the coaxial in of the TV. I was told to use
> >> Scientific Atlanta 3250HD, their high def model, to utilize the component
> >> capability of the TV. I have hooked up the 3250HD, having to tell the stb
> >> to
> >> output in 480i. Since the JVC TV is not a HDTV I am wondering if I should
> >> not be using the basic 3250 stb?
> >>
> >> Is this the appropriate hookup or should I be using the 3250 and coaxial
> >> TV
> >> out/in?
> >>
> >> Please help...
> >>
> >> Thanks for your time,
> >>
> >> Ben
> >
> >
> > Ben:
> >
> > I use a SA3250HD set top box from Time Warner Cable.....
> > to feed my Sony 34HS510 HDTV..... System works swell!!
> >
> > I'd say you have 3 ways of connecting HD down converted or
> > Analog TV to your non HD TV set...
> >
> > 1) Try the component out with SA 3250 HD box set to 480i....
> > This is 3 RCA plugs on 3 cables...
> >
> > 2) Try the S-Video out if your TV set has that 480i S-Video input..
> > THis may give you the best picture for analog???
> > This is a 4 pin 1 cable connector...
> >
> > 3) Lastly try the composite out... This should be
> > used only as a last resort... Picture usually not good.
> > This is a single co-ax cable....
> >
> > Which of the 3 cable connections gives you the BEST Picture.??
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