Yeah, VJ, you're right. I see people tuning into the old digital cable channels when they should be tuning into HD channels. With Comcast, you just prefix the old channel with 8 to get HD. So CBS SD is 4, HD is 804. SD Fox is 25, HD fox is 825.
With the Motorola STB, at least from Comcast, all you do to change the picture output is turn the box off, press the Menu button on the front of the box (you can't use the remote), and a configuration menu will appear on your TV where you can set the output parameters.
The SD to HD channel conversion for Comcast probably varies from area to area the way all the channels do. In my area, there is no simple algorithm - CBS and Fox are 29 and 25 for SD, respectively, and 214 and 213 for HD.
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mroach @ Jan 31st 2007 2:03PM
Yeah, VJ, you're right. I see people tuning into the old digital cable channels when they should be tuning into HD channels. With Comcast, you just prefix the old channel with 8 to get HD. So CBS SD is 4, HD is 804. SD Fox is 25, HD fox is 825.
With the Motorola STB, at least from Comcast, all you do to change the picture output is turn the box off, press the Menu button on the front of the box (you can't use the remote), and a configuration menu will appear on your TV where you can set the output parameters.
VJ @ Jan 31st 2007 4:01PM
The SD to HD channel conversion for Comcast probably varies from area to area the way all the channels do. In my area, there is no simple algorithm - CBS and Fox are 29 and 25 for SD, respectively, and 214 and 213 for HD.