# Public service announcement for TW HD subscribers **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 22, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650 "2007-12-22T07:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/1 "2007-12-22T07:08:19Z")
If, like probably 90% of people with HD tvs, you get your HD tv at some point after you already have your HD DVR box, you need to set your box up to transmit the HD signal to your tv. If you don’t, even your HD channels will be in 480. Setup guide here: [http://www.scientificatlanta.com/products/consumers/userguidepdfs/4003114.pdf](http://www.scientificatlanta.com/products/consumers/userguidepdfs/4003114.pdf) Hopefully you will all picard this and say I knew that. However the reason I’m posting this is because I’ve been to certain friends and family members houses who’ve had HD tvs for 1-2+ years, and never knew about this. _cough_ dad _cough_phil They’ve been watching 480 ‘HD’ all this time and never knew. Watching a football game or whatever at their house and I say uhh, your picture sucks for HD, did you set up your box? Response is always ‘huh?’. Depending on your TV you may need to switch the input to a different one and back for the TV to ‘recognize’ the new signal. So, there you go. I’m sure if you fall in the above category you won’t man up and admit it, but I’m sure there will be more than a few people quietly changing the settings on their box after they read this. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/2 "2007-12-22T07:43:22Z")
On the 8300hd if you are using HDMI it will auto adjust for you. ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/3 "2007-12-22T07:48:13Z")
:picard: I knew that. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/4 "2007-12-22T07:59:25Z")
👏 ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/5 "2007-12-22T08:02:58Z")
:thankyou: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/6 "2007-12-22T08:11:38Z")
lol. back when I had TW, i discovered this myself. Took about an hour to figure out something was amiss. And, the HDMI switching on the 8300 (~1yr ago) _sucked_ it was slow & glitchy. But, :tup: on the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/7 "2007-12-22T21:10:40Z")
Sadly this is not far from rare. Also go into settings and set the video to “pass-through” Make sure your aspects are setup correctly on the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/8 "2007-12-24T13:26:53Z")
> [@redrum"](#): > > IThey’ve been watching 480 ‘HD’ all this time and never knew… 480 is not HD. And I know exactly what you are talking about. I see this all the time and then people will argue with you, “It is HD, you don’t know what you are talking about” or “Looks the same to me” I see it with DirecTV and Time Warner all the time. I usually only see it on DirecTV systems if the customer installed it themselves, but I see it with TW HD both ways, I think they need to uptrain their techs. ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/9 "2007-12-24T13:31:34Z")
Techs? Its usually from them bringing the box home themselves and “setting” it up. A lot come in with their SD boxes and swap for a HD box, but never run the wizard for HD. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/10 "2007-12-24T14:20:08Z")
> [@01AudiS4](#): > > 480 is not HD. I know its not, but people are watching their HD channels with the box only set up to output to 480. Since most programming looks a bit better on the HD channels than standard channels even when set to output to only 480 (for example I’d watch channel 702 over 02 on my previous, non-HD tv because it was better, even though not in HD resolution), people turn to them once they get their new HD tv and unknowingly think “Oh Yes, this HD is much better!” even when they haven’t set up thier box to output 720p/1080i. :picard: ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/11 "2007-12-24T16:26:11Z")
Sounds right since 02 = analog while 702 = digital ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/12 "2007-12-24T16:42:43Z")
> [@01AudiS4](#): > > 480 is not HD. wrong, 480p is part of the ATSC spec. > [@standards](#): > > There are three basic display sizes for ATSC. Basic and enhanced NTSC and PAL image sizes are at the bottom level at 480 or 576 lines. Medium-sized images have 720 lines of resolution and are 960 or 1280 pixels wide (for 4:3, traditional version, and 16:9, wide screen version, aspect ratio respectively). The top tier has 1080 lines either 1440 or 1920 pixels wide (here, too, for 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio respectively). but yeah, its no higher resolution 😉 ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/public-service-announcement-for-tw-hd-subscribers/40650/13 "2007-12-24T16:43:05Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > On the 8300hd if you are using HDMI it will auto adjust for you. there are many ways to adjust the box to display everything in what you want it to display.