HI DEF feed to other tv sets

Hube · 01-14-2007, 03:53 PM

we have replaced standard tv with a HD,lcd, digital set.We are on starchoice sattelite. if we decide to add on the HI DEF besides installing a new elliptical dish and a new receiver what else is needed?
Also if we do get hI DEF to the main set only, will it also go to the sets in other rooms too, or do we need to add some parts

**rbinck** · 01-14-2007, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Hube

we have replaced standard tv with a HD,lcd, digital set.We are on starchoice sattelite. if we decide to add on the HI DEF besides installing a new elliptical dish and a new receiver what else is needed?
Also if we do get hI DEF to the main set only, will it also go to the sets in other rooms too, or do we need to add some parts

That's all you need to add. At the other sets you will need HD receivers and TVs, of course, but the cable will be fine. One dish will support up to 4 tuners without any more equipment. More than 4 and you need a HD multiswitch.

Hube · 01-14-2007, 08:30 PM

thanks for your reply.
If the main tv is on a HD channel, would a set in another room be able to watch the SAME channel, but not in HD?

**rbinck** · 01-14-2007, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hube

thanks for your reply.
If the main tv is on a HD channel, would a set in another room be able to watch the SAME channel, but not in HD?

As long as the other set had a SD receiver, sure. As far as sending the output from the HD receiver to the SDTV in another room, there can be problems with that depending on the particular HD receiver.

Hube · 01-15-2007, 06:47 AM

[quote=rbinck]As long as the other set had a SD receiver, sure. As far as sending the output from the HD receiver to the SDTV in another room, there can be problems with that depending on the particular HD receiver
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I gather then that without some type of extra equipment,etc that there would be no Hi-Def signal to the set in the other room.

**rbinck** · 01-15-2007, 09:25 AM

I'm not sure I understand the question. If you are using a single receiver now with the RF coax output run to the other room and tuning to channel 3 or 4 on the TV, then what you say is correct, a HD signal cannot be modulated and sent over the coax. In fact most of the HD satellite receivers do not have a RF output anymore.

If you have a SD receiver in the other room it will operate the same as it does now.

If you want to send a HD signal to a remote set the easiest way would be to run a component cable and stereo audio cables. Hook up the main TV with HDMI and the remote TV with the component video.

Also look at this: Slaving A Second TV From A HD Receiver

Hube · 01-15-2007, 05:41 PM

Thanks for your reply.
what i'm actually asking is; if i install a new hi-def dish and a new hi-def receiver to my new hi- def tv, if i am viewing a hi-def channel on it, will the standard non hi-def set that is in another room get any reception at all of that SAME channel that the new hi-def set is viewing.?
if it does show the same channel will it be in hi-def, standard,or just blank( no picture at all.)

**rbinck** · 01-15-2007, 06:07 PM

If your other TV is connected to a SD satellite receiver, it will work the same with a HD dish.

Hube · 01-15-2007, 08:21 PM

ok, I think i got it now. thanks again for your help

01-14-2007, 03:53 PM	#1
Hube My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S. Ontario, Canada Posts: 6	HI DEF feed to other tv sets we have replaced standard tv with a HD,lcd, digital set.We are on starchoice sattelite. if we decide to add on the HI DEF besides installing a new elliptical dish and a new receiver what else is needed? Also if we do get hI DEF to the main set only, will it also go to the sets in other rooms too, or do we need to add some parts

01-15-2007, 09:25 AM	#6
rbinck Administrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 12,338	I'm not sure I understand the question. If you are using a single receiver now with the RF coax output run to the other room and tuning to channel 3 or 4 on the TV, then what you say is correct, a HD signal cannot be modulated and sent over the coax. In fact most of the HD satellite receivers do not have a RF output anymore. If you have a SD receiver in the other room it will operate the same as it does now. If you want to send a HD signal to a remote set the easiest way would be to run a component cable and stereo audio cables. Hook up the main TV with HDMI and the remote TV with the component video. Also look at this: Slaving A Second TV From A HD Receiver __________________ www.highdefinitionblog.com www.BlogOfHawaii.com Last edited by rbinck; 01-15-2007 at 12:01 PM.

01-15-2007, 06:07 PM	#8
rbinck Administrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 12,338	If your other TV is connected to a SD satellite receiver, it will work the same with a HD dish. __________________ www.highdefinitionblog.com www.BlogOfHawaii.com

01-14-2007, 08:30 PM	#3
Hube My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S. Ontario, Canada Posts: 6	thanks for your reply. If the main tv is on a HD channel, would a set in another room be able to watch the SAME channel, but not in HD?

01-15-2007, 06:47 AM	#5
Hube My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S. Ontario, Canada Posts: 6	[quote=rbinck]As long as the other set had a SD receiver, sure. As far as sending the output from the HD receiver to the SDTV in another room, there can be problems with that depending on the particular HD receiver ************************************************* I gather then that without some type of extra equipment,etc that there would be no Hi-Def signal to the set in the other room.

01-15-2007, 05:41 PM	#7
Hube My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S. Ontario, Canada Posts: 6	Thanks for your reply. what i'm actually asking is; if i install a new hi-def dish and a new hi-def receiver to my new hi- def tv, if i am viewing a hi-def channel on it, will the standard non hi-def set that is in another room get any reception at all of that SAME channel that the new hi-def set is viewing.? if it does show the same channel will it be in hi-def, standard,or just blank( no picture at all.)

01-15-2007, 08:21 PM	#9
Hube My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: S. Ontario, Canada Posts: 6	ok, I think i got it now. thanks again for your help