Originally Posted by godson

are you sure about that? when I plugged directly into my tv,I had HD channels that as far as I seen,were real hd. I dont understand why it couldnt work like that. if my tv has a HD tuner built in what is the STB doing different? Are you sayn HD cant be transmitted thru the coaxial?Cause thats how it gets to the STB anyhow,then its converted,so I just dont understand why a tv with a HD tuner built in isnt doing the same job. And why does OTA any different? Its still receiving a signal and converting it. I'm no expert at this as i have never used an OTA and have always had a STB,but like i said I did have my set hooked up like that for a few days and it seemed like HD to me,also tv was displaying that it was indeed in 1080i. Not looking for an arguement,just an explanation. Give me the oppertunity to understand something that had previously thought I did. thank You