My aunt bought a $6000 HDTV many years ago and for years had it connected by composite video. She was also paying for HDTV digital cable.

I find it mind boggling that people can throw thousands on a TV and HD service and and not even know how to install it and end up with the quality you'd get for $200.

I bet there are many others like her. I'm sure the same is also true with people getting 5.1 surround systems and connecting them by stereo analog cables.

Did you fix it?

No, I didn't know until they somehow realized and corrected it. And I never really watched TV there so I didn't notice.

One of my idiot friends connected his PS3 with composite cables. It would still be hooked up that way if I hadn't given him an HDMI cable.

I hate Sony for that. I forgot to order one with my PS3 so I had to go a whole week with SD. The new console smell was gone before I could see the shiny gfx.

My aunt bought a $6000 HDTV many years ago and for years had it connected by composite video. She was also paying for HDTV digital cable.

I find it mind boggling that people can throw thousands on a TV and HD service and and not even know how to install it and end up with the quality you'd get for $200.

I bet there are many others like her. I'm sure the same is also true with people getting 5.1 surround systems and connecting them by stereo analog cables.
This is why many people don't believe that HDTVs are worth it. Some stores hook their TVs up that way and they look bloody awful. People, such as my parents, see that and they automatically assume HDTV is a waste of money because they see the fuzzy picture at the store.

I go around doing tech support and I find over 75% of HD TV's are not setup properly to receive HD and I ALWAYS suggest that at a minimum the folks put in some $20 computer speakers to improve sound. No one ever does. Their loss.

My aunt bought a $6000 HDTV many years ago and for years had it connected by composite video. She was also paying for HDTV digital cable.

I find it mind boggling that people can throw thousands on a TV and HD service and and not even know how to install it and end up with the quality you'd get for $200.

I bet there are many others like her. I'm sure the same is also true with people getting 5.1 surround systems and connecting them by stereo analog cables.

At least it was composite. I was at my friends' last night and noticed her 36 inch Samsung LCD panel was connected through the RF cable. She was subscribing to digital cable (which in our area has lots of free HD channels) as well. Luckily I had some component cables in my car.

Jeez. They should remove the analog tuner from HD LCDs, analog SD broadcasts look like crap on those anyway.

My aunt bought a $6000 HDTV many years ago and for years had it connected by composite video. She was also paying for HDTV digital cable.

I find it mind boggling that people can throw thousands on a TV and HD service and and not even know how to install it and end up with the quality you'd get for $200.



The cable company is supposed to bring and plug in the component cable when they connect the digital box. Of course they wont bring a single HDMI cable but they have tons of those 5 plug cables. When I got the HD digital box last year (from the window) they handed me the box with the 10' component cable. How they could install the HDTV digital box for your aunt and not include the cable is just another reason why I now have Direct TV.:(

Just tuned my Aunt's new HD Samsung LCD. Comcast gave me a 5 wire bundle. (3 video 2 audio) there was a frightful hum from left channel that I determined to be bad cable. I replaced and proceeded to kill around 2 hours trying to get color correct on set. I went home and brought back DVI to HDMI cable and all was great in 2 seconds. What are the odds of 2 wires being bad in in 5 wire bundle? Bottom line is trust yourself. This may be convoluted but it isn't rocket science.

You know, my friend just bought a Sony LCD 32” HDTV and was watching his HD cable and DVDs with it. When I spoke to him on the phone, he was saying that there’s barely any difference and that HDTV is such a scam. I was shocked to pieces. Well, I finally visited him the other day and couldn’t believe my eyes. He has both the DVD player and Cable STB hooked up via composite. I literally smacked him in the head! Well, I had some extra component cables I don’t use, so I brought some over and hooked up everything all over again. Now, he’s happy. Can you believe that?! So, for those of you who hear stories about people saying they’re disappointed with HDTV, now you know the reason why.

Oh, and the reason his cable STB was hooked up wrong was because he didn’t have a cable guy come over. He just went over to the Time Warner place and swapped boxes. And the new box actually came with component cables, but he didn’t know what they were for, lol. So, I have a slight hunch that there are many people out there that buy HDTVs but don’t know a thing about HDMI and Component.

I recall all those charts that say good, better, best.
S-Video<Component<HDMI
But who reads instructions anyways