First, I'll say double check you're on the HD channel. Some cable companies have both SD and HD version of the channel. For instance, until recently, my cable provider had channel 5 as regular FOX and 705 as FOX HD.
Definitely the HD channel. My Syfy channel is channel 50 and the HD channel is 1315.
Next possibility is a wiring issue. With the old TVs, you could just plug a coaxial cable (that little plug with the small needle on the end) into your TV or cable box and that'd be it. With HD though, you need either:
* component cables (which are colored red, blue, and green, with a red and a white audio cable), or
*an HDMI cable, which is a simply black wire that looks like a plain USB computer wire that you'd plug into the side of a laptop.
I have this one.
So, double check the back of your cable box, and make sure you have one of those two things, and not the old cable that SD TVs used. When I did tech support, one of the leading causes of this problem was that the cable box was wired up using the old type of cable (which can't carry the high resolution of HD).
If this is the issue, you'll have to hit the input/source button on your remote once you've plugged in the correct wires. Set the input to HDMI if you used an HDMI cable, or "component" if you used the red-blue-green wires.
It's hooked up correctly and the TV is picking it up as HDMI1.
If none of THAT works, then call up your cable company; it's likely a configuration issue with either the TV or the cable box.
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HD. What's the deal?
20/12/2010 06:27:40 PM
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I used to work at a cable company. A few things:
20/12/2010 06:53:15 PM
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Re: I used to work at a cable company. A few things:
20/12/2010 07:42:11 PM
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Re: Filling the entire screen
20/12/2010 09:59:35 PM
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If the picture isn't filling the screen, then it's not HD
21/12/2010 04:06:27 AM
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Time for a new eye glasses exam *NM*
20/12/2010 08:01:29 PM
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Re: Time for a new eye glasses exam
20/12/2010 08:22:21 PM
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Well damn...
20/12/2010 09:33:58 PM
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I'm glad you like it better, but everything I've read says that's incorrect.
21/12/2010 07:06:26 PM
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If you have to ask....
20/12/2010 09:36:01 PM
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I can see the wrinkles and nose hairs much more clearly. I am not necessarily keen on HD. TMI. *NM*
21/12/2010 12:43:59 AM
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Re: I can see the wrinkles and nose hairs much more clearly. I am not necessarily keen on HD. TMI.
21/12/2010 11:10:29 AM
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The deal is... you've gone crazy!
21/12/2010 04:45:33 AM
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The only Blu-Ray I've seen is those in the stores comparing that to DVD.
21/12/2010 04:48:04 AM
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No one seems to have asked you this yet.
21/12/2010 05:56:55 PM
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Since everyone else seems to think you're weird or offbase...
21/12/2010 11:35:42 PM
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There's nothing wrong with not caring, only with not being able to tell.
22/12/2010 02:31:24 PM
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I'm with you, dude.
22/12/2010 07:12:24 AM
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Blu-ray looks fantastic on the right set, but I wouldn't go crazy over subscription media. *NM*
22/12/2010 02:20:16 PM
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Have you let your horse at the special mushroom patch again?
22/12/2010 02:40:21 PM
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Damn!
22/12/2010 03:16:39 PM
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If you really want to see the difference, watch HD only for 1 month then switch back! Like wine...
23/12/2010 11:34:13 PM
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Something's wrong witg your settings, or you have a perception problem....
26/12/2010 08:36:07 PM
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So... My conclusions from this discussion.
28/12/2010 03:03:13 PM
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I've seen people with the exact same problem as you before
30/12/2010 12:25:00 AM
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So I'm an idiot for not believing in the all mighty power of the HDTV?
30/12/2010 12:31:44 AM
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No...
30/12/2010 02:05:18 PM
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I fail to see how calling him names contributes to this discussion. *NM*
03/01/2011 11:11:35 AM
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Re: I fail to see how calling him names contributes to this discussion.
04/01/2011 10:27:43 AM
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Re: I fail to see how calling him names contributes to this discussion.
06/01/2011 08:28:25 AM
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