Is it true that when the Dish 6000 receiver is in SD mode the output from the receiver is from composite/S-video only and that in HD it is out component video only? If so, can someone make sense of this this to me? On my TV(Mits 73411) this takes up 2 inputs instead of one. Seems a waste.
Along those same lines- I am new to this whole HDTV game. How do I know when I have a true OTA HD signal coming in. Do I have to know the TV schedule? Or is it pretty obvious? (I have seen the SD digital locals, but have not seen a show in HD yet)
Lastly- Can someone explain the screen format thing;16:9? Whenever viewing standard dish signals there are gray bars on either side of the screen, so I put the TV in stretch mode. When receiving SD and HD signals will it automatically be in 16:9 aspect ratio?
Along those same lines- I am new to this whole HDTV game. How do I know when I have a true OTA HD signal coming in. Do I have to know the TV schedule? Or is it pretty obvious? (I have seen the SD digital locals, but have not seen a show in HD yet)
Lastly- Can someone explain the screen format thing;16:9? Whenever viewing standard dish signals there are gray bars on either side of the screen, so I put the TV in stretch mode. When receiving SD and HD signals will it automatically be in 16:9 aspect ratio?