Im planning on getting a Samsung LN32B460 32″ LCD TV based on its rating as the best 32″ tv. I want to know how well it looks in standard definition, and it says it has “built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1366 x 768 pixels *” Now, a friend told me that i would be able to pick up Hd channels if i had some kind of receiver like this? Will i be able to do this? If not, what will i have to do to get the tv to give me hd channels without paying for them from my service provider?

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2 Responses to “Samsung Ln32b460 32″ Lcd Tv In Standard Definition And Hd Question?”

  1. Free WP Plugins Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    Don’t do over the air myself, so really can’t comment on that stuff. I think the first response covers it well enough though.
    As for SD on your HDTV, it will look okay but not great. Here’s the catch, your SD signals are 4:3 and 720×480. Your HDTV is 16:9 and 1366×768. Your TV is well a TV, not a computer monitor. Its not going to change to a different resolution, its going to upscale that SD to its native resolution. In doing this it will degrade the image one way or another.
    If you pillarbox the image on your HDTV (black bars left/right), then the aspect ratio is maintained and so there is only a resolution based distortion. This will maintain the best image for a SD signal. But then you have the pillarboxes (which annoy many people). To get rid of the pillarboxes you can use your HDTV’s stretch/zoom options. If you stretch it you now have an aspect ratio distortion. If you zoom it you now further add to the image resolution distortion. So either way you’re going to then further degrade the image.
    There is just no way around that right now. We’re stuck in the transition state. Hopefully sooner or later (but hopefully sooner) everything will go HD. Then everything is 16:9. So even if the network wants to offer an SD version of it, but still maintain a full 16:9 frame.

  2. Texperso Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    With that tv, you can pick up over the air stations with an antenna. How many and which ones depends on how close you are to the broadcast towers and how strong an antenna you get, outdoor ones do a better job than inside antennas.
    You plug the antenna into the tv and run a channel scan according to instructions in the owner’s manual.
    If you have a service provider, you may be able to get an HD cable or sat. box for the same price you pay for an SD box. So I’d check that out first, more HD and more reliable than OTA.
    Over the air HD will look very good. SD does not look very good on HD tvs, but on a 32″ tv it may be OK.