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I think a few people have even suggested this might be what the lower-cost version of the Series 3 might be, something that'll have a digital tuner, but not be a true HD device.
I've poo-pooed such an idea. After all, who'd build a digital TV device that CAN'T provide HD?
Then I got my new TV.... a TV that has a digital tuner that gets OTA and QAM along with its analog tuner ....
...and yet is a SD television with a 4x3 screen.
This suggests something in the set is down-converting any HD signal the tuner gets into SD format before sending it to the screen.
Could a TiVo do the same? Down-convert any HD digital signals into a SD form before recording them?
Might my "Oh they'll never do that!" theory be all wet?
Could the "Series 3 lite" be a SD device only, and thus be able to fit more on a hard drive despite its recording digital broadcasts that were sent out in HD?
I've poo-pooed such an idea. After all, who'd build a digital TV device that CAN'T provide HD?
Then I got my new TV.... a TV that has a digital tuner that gets OTA and QAM along with its analog tuner ....
...and yet is a SD television with a 4x3 screen.
This suggests something in the set is down-converting any HD signal the tuner gets into SD format before sending it to the screen.
Could a TiVo do the same? Down-convert any HD digital signals into a SD form before recording them?
Might my "Oh they'll never do that!" theory be all wet?
Could the "Series 3 lite" be a SD device only, and thus be able to fit more on a hard drive despite its recording digital broadcasts that were sent out in HD?