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By admin, May 29, 2010 2:31 am

HDTV with SD programming? Advice?

Hello, I’m buying an Toshiba Regza 42″ LCD HDTV…problem is I only have SD programming. I’m buying this TV because it’s on amazing sale (reg. about $1,700; my price: $1,199)…so I’m looking for advice on whether there’s something that will make SD look better. I have satellite TV with non-HD programming and I live with my parents so I can’t exactly force them to pay extra for it. I want to know whether using some kind of special cable will make it look better, and also, just how bad WILL it look? I’ve read reviews on the TV and people who commented on SD programming said anything from “it’s great on SD as well as HD” “Some SD channel are better than other” to “SD sucks on this TV” but the people who said it sucked seemed to also have a lot of experience watching HDTV and I know that once you see HDTV, anything that isn’t HDTV looks like crap…so any advice?
I don’t know if this makes a difference but:

Because you have Sat tv. The picture will look ok as it is a digital signal. Certain tv’s will also deal with SD better then others (sony is generaly the best although in my experiance tosh does an ok job.) There are no special cables you can really use other then the best connection out of the sat box either component or s video depending on the box. The other thing i would recommend is an antenna that way you can get at least your locals in HD if you want.

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