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HDTV

Sep 25, 2005 4:42AM PDT

ALTHOUGH I TOOK THE HDTV COURSE AT CNET; BY THE WAY IT WAS GREAT, I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT HDTV READY OR INTEGRATED. I JUST PURCHASED THE SONY HDTV KD-34XBR960 BUT SOMETIMES I SEE SOME HORIZONTAL LINES IN THE BACKGROUND. MY PROVIDER IS DIRECT TV. HELP PLEASE. THANK YOU.

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Sep 25, 2005 6:52AM PDT

depending on the broadcast signal you may see the lines on a analog broadcast (even though direct tv says they are "all digital") You should not see them on an HD broadcast

BTW that is a great tv that you have

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DirecTV
Sep 25, 2005 9:36AM PDT

If you are using DirecTV, then the DirecTV receiver would "decode" the HDTV signal, not the TV itself. Therefore, in your case you only need an HDTV ready tv (I'm not familar with the one you purchased.) For the DirecTV to work you would need an HD DirecTV receiver and you'd need to subscribe to "HD" service from DirecTV to get their HD content over satellite. The HD DirecTV with TIVO boxes also allow over the air (OTA) connections to get local HD channels via an antenna. I'm not sure about the non-TIVO units (of cousre, I don't know why anyone would get a non-TIVO unit.)

All the help you need on HD with a DirecTV TIVO can be found at www.tivocommunity.com. They REALLY all things TIVO over there. They probably know about HD DirecTV receivers without TIVO as well.

Hope that helps.

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Owner of the same TV
Sep 28, 2005 5:10PM PDT

I thank you need to call direct tv it sounds like you dont have a HDTV set top box thru them, your built in HD tuner on your tv only make antanna and cable tv HD, it does nothing for satalite.