HDMI - HDMI cables deliver high definition throughput resolution to a compatible display. Composite Outputs - The same with component outputs, composite cables can be connected from the converter box.
If the thought of paying for cable or satellite TV service hurts your head, consider free over-the-air (OTA) HDTV. Nearly every household in America can tune into at least one HDTV station (99 percent of homes, according to some sources), and it’s absolutely free!
Researching free local HDTV channels
Spend a little bit of time researching broadcast HDTV channels. Now you don’t have to do this research online, but if you have Internet access, that’s the best way to do so. If you don’t have Internet access, talk to the retailers from whom you’re buying your HDTV — they probably have firsthand knowledge (or at least anecdotal information) about local HDTV signal availability. They may also have a kiosk that provides access to online information.
I heard you just use wireshark for long enough theres enough data to work out what the encryption could be by elimination.or so the tutorial i found says, it wasnt hard to come across, but wep and such is easy but not as common, the other one i think takes days of sniffing and days of cracking, if your interested in how it all works then i guess encryption and networking will interest you when your programming skills are a spot better.EDIT: i wouldn't go finding free internet tho' I just read that they use 'honeypots' to catch crackers, our governments take this sort of thing really seriously.
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the huge (and hugely influential) trade organization that includes just about every HDTV manufacturer in the world. So it has a vested interest in getting people to buy HDTVs. This interest is sometimes manifested as lobbying efforts with the FCC, or efforts to develop marketing and industry. It also pops its head up in the form direct-to-the-consumer education efforts.
In the case of HDTV, the CEA had the truly brilliant idea of providing an extremely easy-to-use HDTV “signal finder.” In conjunction with a company called Decisionmark, the CEA has created this online system (called TitanTV) that lets you enter your address information, press a button, and come out the other side with a nice listing of all your HDTV-channel choices.
Just go to TitanTV and follow the on-screen instructions. You can also access TitanTV at many HDTV retailers, and come home with a printout of your available stations.
Not only does TitanTV find OTA stations for you, it also comes up with the cable and satellite stations available to you. You can do a quick comparison and see what best meets your needs.
Tuning into the free HDTV channels
HDTV breaks the old TV paradigm in many ways. One big difference is that not all HDTVs have a built-in TV tuner. Back in the olden days of NTSC and analog TV, this was quite rare — a few high-end TVs were “monitors” and required an external tuner, but they were definitely in the minority.
With HDTV and OTA HDTV broadcasts, the situation has been reversed — at least for the time being (more on that soon). Many sets sold as HDTVs today are HDTV-ready, but don’t have any electronics inside them that can pick up an OTA HDTV broadcast — or any ATSC broadcast, whether high-definition or standard-definition. (ATSC is the acronym for the Advanced Technology Standards Committee, an international, non-profit organization that sets forth voluntary standards for digital television.)
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The government is requiring TV manufacturers to include built-in tuners that can pick up OTA HDTV, starting with bigger (36+-inch) TVs in 2005. Soon this lack of tuners won’t be a problem.
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If you have an HDTV with a built-in ATSC tuner, you’re just about all set. All you need to do is find the appropriate antenna, make the connections, and go. It’s really that simple — or at least it can be. Pioneer ddj sb mapping for traktor pro 2.
Just follow the instructions in your HDTV’s manual for tuning in the HDTV stations. (Each HDTV on-screen setup process is different.)
Some HDTVs with built-in ATSC tuners also have special tuners that can decode QAM-encoded HDTV signals. QAM is the system used by most cable-TV networks. This means you may be able to pick up your local broadcast stations by just plugging in your cable TV connection. Note that this is different from the DCR (digital-cable-ready) systems. And no, this has nothing to do with using an OTA antenna, but it’s a nice morsel of information to know in case you’re ever asked this question at a neighborhood BBQ.
Adding on a tuner
If you own an HDTV, chances are good that you won’t have that built-in ATSC tuner mentioned in the previous section. Your HDTV probably has an NTSC tuner, which can pick up analog broadcasts, but it probably is only HDTV-ready, so you need to pick up an HDTV tuner box that you can connect between your antenna feed and your HDTV.
The biggest problem with HDTV tuners (whether they’re in your TV, or external) has traditionally been an economic one. They are (or at least were) darned expensive. Even a year or two ago, it was common to see HDTV tuners that cost $1,000 or more (this effectively explains why so many HDTVs were sold as HDTV-ready: Not everyone with an HDTV uses the OTA tuner, so why drive the cost of an already-expensive HDTV through the roof?).
The good news is that prices have come way down, which is common with consumer electronics. And the prices are going nowhere but down.
When you’re choosing an HDTV tuner, here are just a few things to consider:
- Digital outputs: If it’s at all possible, you should use a digital cable connection between your tuner and your HDTV — either DVI-D or HDMI is by far the most common (1394/FireWire used to be common, but it’s rare these days). Make sure that the outputs of your tuner match the inputs of your HDTV.
- The newer HDMI system is backward-compatible with DVI-D with the use of a simple adapter. So you can mix and match DVI-D and HDMI freely.
- If your HDTV tuner’s DVI-D or HDMI output uses the HDCP copy-protection scheme, make sure the DVI-D or HDMI input on your HDTV does, too. Otherwise the system may weaken (or “down-res”) the signal, giving you a non-HDTV picture.
- Analog outputs: While you’ll want to use your digital outputs, if possible, it’s handy to have a full set of analog outputs on the HDTV tuner, for making connections to other devices (like a digital video recorder).
- Output resolution: Most HDTV tuners can be adjusted to match the best resolution for your HDTV. Some HDTVs require a specific signal resolution (such as 1080i); if yours does, make sure your tuner can give you output at that resolution.
- Satellite capability: Some OTA HDTV tuners also include satellite-TV receivers. Well, the satellite companies would flip it around and say their receivers include OTA tuners. Either way, this can be handy if you’re using a satellite service for premium HDTV channels (like ESPN-HD and HBO) and using an antenna to pick up local HDTV channels.
The FCC is requiring TV manufacturers to begin including built-in ATSC tuners in their TVs, as part of the overall industry transition to digital TV. By the middle of 2005, all TVs larger than 36 inches will require an on-board ATSC tuner — over time, this requirement will filter down to smaller TVs, and even to devices like VCRs, which have their own NTSC tuners these days. (NTSC refers to the National Television System Committee, the group that sets television and video standards in the United States.)
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Sister has just moved into a new house with Taylor Wimpey.
She's got a Samsung UE40F6200 Smart LED TV.
She has a standard terrestrial aerial into the TV, length of aerial cable from wall to TV approx 2m.
The only other appliances connected to the TV are a DVD player via HDMI (plugged into HDMI 1 socket) and USB hard disk box (connected to USB socket).
TV initially tuned in ok; however when the DVD is switched on, it seems to 'knock' the tuned channels off - all the channels disappear. So she has to go back through the autotune process each time the DVD is used.
I've tried alternating the HDMI socket for the DVD from HDMI 1 to 2 to 3 and this doesn't fix the issue.
Just autotuned the channels again and it's only brought up 9 channels which makes me think it may be a signal strength issue; however not clear if there is a known problem with this model of TV and/or there's a workaround.
She's got a Samsung UE40F6200 Smart LED TV.
She has a standard terrestrial aerial into the TV, length of aerial cable from wall to TV approx 2m.
The only other appliances connected to the TV are a DVD player via HDMI (plugged into HDMI 1 socket) and USB hard disk box (connected to USB socket).
TV initially tuned in ok; however when the DVD is switched on, it seems to 'knock' the tuned channels off - all the channels disappear. So she has to go back through the autotune process each time the DVD is used.
I've tried alternating the HDMI socket for the DVD from HDMI 1 to 2 to 3 and this doesn't fix the issue.
Just autotuned the channels again and it's only brought up 9 channels which makes me think it may be a signal strength issue; however not clear if there is a known problem with this model of TV and/or there's a workaround.
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- #2Define channels disappear. Do you mean that when you call up the EPG or a channel list that it is completely empty with noting listed at all or that when you select a channel there is no picture and sound even though the channel name still appears in the list/EPG?
There is absolutely no reason why using the HDMI should wipe the tuning memory. However using poorly screened HDMI and especially aerial cables can be a problem if the two are in close proximity. There can be interference between the two cables that can affect reception of Freeview.
The cure is to use good quality cables and keep them separated from each other as much as possible.
Also if the tuning memory was not wiped (ie the channels were still listed) you should not have retuned until you had eliminated every other possible cause of the problem.
So first thing I would do is get a good quality well screened aerial cable and try that. Unplug the HDMI lead to avoid any possibility that it is causing interference. See if a retune now restores the channels. If it does DO NOT retune again!
If the tuning memory is getting wiped then that implies the TV is faulty as it should not be happening.
Unless of course it's not something silly like the TV is being switched to analogue mode which of course would show no channels. - #3By 'channels disappearing' we mean that the channels that are stored by the TV get wiped ie there are no channels in the EPG.
We've tried a different TV and exactly the same thing happened - all stored channels get wiped from the EPG the minute the DVD player is switched on and the TV switches from Digital TV mode to HDMI DVD mode.
Which means it must be one of the following?
Aerial cable
HDMI cable
DVD player
We're going to test all 3 of these individually/independently by swapping with other aerial/HDMI cables and another DVD player.
Still odd though that two TV's are having their stored EPG channels completely wiped the minute the DVD player comes on. - #4There is no reason why that should be happening. There is no mechanism I can think of that would explain this.
It would be very unusual for two TVs to show the exact same fault, though by no means impossible. Though it would be less likely if the two TVs are different makes and models.
Are you absolutely certain that the TV is switching back to the digital tuner once the DVD is finished with? When switched to HDMI input it is entirely possible that you will get nothing showing in the EPG. Though on my LG telly I get a warning message to say that the EPG/channel list is only available in TV mode.
Or it is switching back to the analogue tuner for whatever reason. Which again would show nothing. - #5Looks like HDMI cable. When we put DVD on and then back off, programmes stored are wiped.
However, then taking the HDMI cable from the DVD out of the TV input connection, the channels reappear.
How odd.
Will get new HDMI cable and hopefully the problem will be solved. - #6
Either buy it online so that if it turns out not to be the problem you can return it, no questions asked, or get one in Poundland on the basis that it's cheap and you have hardly anything to lose. All those I have bought have been from Poundland and I have had no trouble at all with them.Will get new HDMI cable and hopefully the problem will be solved. - #7Consider replacing the cheap thin coax fly-lead with a proper hand-made double-screened version; as well as keeping the aerial cable as far from the hdmi cables as you can.
Cross-interference between the two is not unusual, but down to poor cable screening and/or proximity in 99/100 cases. - #8I have experienced similar once before, the Hdmi cable effecting freeview reception when the aerial and hdmi cords were touching. But in my example, I replaced the aerial cord and that also fixed the problem.
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Changing the cable probably won't make any difference.Looks like HDMI cable. When we put DVD on and then back off, programmes stored are wiped.
However, then taking the HDMI cable from the DVD out of the TV input connection, the channels reappear.
How odd.
Will get new HDMI cable and hopefully the problem will be solved.
If there are no channels listed when the DVD is on and then they re-appear when the HDMI lead is removed then the channels are not being wiped. otherwise they would not re-appear unless you re-tuned.
As I posted above the reason is possibly that the TV is simply not switching back to the tuner from the HDMI input.Yanking the HDMI lead out kicks the telly into switching back.
There is probably a Source or Input button on the TV remote control, might have an icon of a square with an arrow across one edge pointing into the square. I would bet that if you press that a list of possible sources will appear and it says the TV is switched to the HDMI input. I would bet that if you changed it manually back to the tuner that the TV channels will re-appear.
You could try turning HDMI control off (different manufacturers call it different things) but that probably means having to change input manually all the time depending on what you want to watch.