- Aug 27, 2024
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I have an older SONY CRT TV, their FD Trinitron/WEGA line, model KV-32XBR250. I’m using a TV streaming box (supplied by my Canadian cable TV provider, Rogers Communications) that outputs HDMI, 16:9 aspect ratio, in 720p and higher 1080 video modes. My TV supports only 480i interlaced, in 4:3 and a 16:9 enhancement (which was a new feature in 1999 video technology). My provider supplied me with a converter to go from the streaming box HDMI digital interface to my TV in analog composite video format—as a single channel, typically a yellow connector—which gives me a 4:3 aspect ratio picture. But since my provider's output is 16:9, the picture on my TV scales images that appear vertically squashed.
My TV also supports higher quality analog S-Video (two channel) and component video signals (three-channel red, green, blue connectors in YPbPr colour space) allowing 16:9, which I am trying to enable. (The 16:9 resolution displays fine when I'm sourcing from my DVD player, which natively outputs component video).
There are such converters that go from HDMI to S-Video or component video that I can buy on eBay and Amazon for as low as $20, but it’s not clear to me if they support 480i output (which I realise might lose some scan lines in the conversion). When I ask these sellers, some say they do go to that resolution, and others say they only support 480p (non-interlaced), which would not display on my TV. (Makes me suspicious how much these vendors, often from China, know the product they are selling.) My cable TV provider even took the time to test out one of their converters, but the technician could not get the HDMI signal to display on my TV in 16:9; I suspect that it could not output to 480i, just to 480p.
Short of upgrading my TV, I thought I’d contact someone on this site before taking a chance buying something online that I can’t test out beforehand, and ending up having to return it if it fails to work.
Any constructive help would be appreciated.
Thanks, and regards. Roar!
My TV also supports higher quality analog S-Video (two channel) and component video signals (three-channel red, green, blue connectors in YPbPr colour space) allowing 16:9, which I am trying to enable. (The 16:9 resolution displays fine when I'm sourcing from my DVD player, which natively outputs component video).
There are such converters that go from HDMI to S-Video or component video that I can buy on eBay and Amazon for as low as $20, but it’s not clear to me if they support 480i output (which I realise might lose some scan lines in the conversion). When I ask these sellers, some say they do go to that resolution, and others say they only support 480p (non-interlaced), which would not display on my TV. (Makes me suspicious how much these vendors, often from China, know the product they are selling.) My cable TV provider even took the time to test out one of their converters, but the technician could not get the HDMI signal to display on my TV in 16:9; I suspect that it could not output to 480i, just to 480p.
Short of upgrading my TV, I thought I’d contact someone on this site before taking a chance buying something online that I can’t test out beforehand, and ending up having to return it if it fails to work.
Any constructive help would be appreciated.
Thanks, and regards. Roar!
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