You're set's are not HD. Unfortunately some unscrupulous salesmen BS people into thiking that you can upgrade a tv to HD. Entirely untrue. S-video is not HD.Component, DVI, HDMI are the only cables that will display HD. In order of quality it goes like this. Composite, S-Video, Component,DVI and HDMI.
I purchased a Hitachi 60'' widescreen #60SBX78B and also a Mitubishi 36'' screen CS-36509 back in November of 1998 and was told they were 1999 sets. I could swear at the time that I was told I could buy a converter box ''...down the road.'' if I wanted to convert these to HDTV at some future point. They pointed out that that is what the S-video was for. I can't find anything anywhere in the owners manuals of these two nice TV's about HDTV. I don't want to replace the sets, but I'd like to see if they will even handle HDTV, because I'm afraid they don't. I don't even know if HDTV was even around at the time.
Any help is greatly appreciated....

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