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Can APPLE TV work on a NON-HD TV

On the Monster Cable

You are a Canadian, if you ever watched Marketplace~Monster Cables you would hopefully have seen their compairsion on inexpensive and high-end monster cables and their results that there isn't enough difference to make the extra money spent worth it.

Pj
 
pjgeer said:
You are a Canadian
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That's a dreadful thing to say to someone LoL (It's a joke BTW), Anyway yes Monster does over charge and is not worth it I bought a £15 HDMI cable and it is better than the £75 cable from Monster although the Monster seems to do wonders with the PS3 just not the Blu-Ray player it was bought for it's a piece of expensive crap to be honest.
 
Alrescha said:
This is simply not true.
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I'll second this statement. If there's confusion about anything, it's this. Apple has never said that the :apple:TV only works with HD TV's. What they have said, though it's not entirely true, is that the :apple:TV only works with widescreen TV's. It's right there on :apple:TV spec page:

"Compatible with enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080p/1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz"

There are widescreen TV's that are ED (480p), but not HD (720p or higher), and there are 4:3 (standard ratio) that are ED-capable and have a widescreen mode, and the :apple:TV will work with them (though reports are that in widescreen mode it doesn't look very good). Even if the TV is ED-capable but doesn't have a widescreen mode you can still connect the :apple:TV, but the image will be formatted for widescreen and will appear distorted.

To the OP: I think you should follow the previous advice about using the remote to cycle through the resolution settings. I also suspect that your :apple:TV is trying to output a resolution that is too high for the TV you're connecting it to. Like others have said, I strongly doubt that the problem is your cables -- they're the simplest thing in the equation, and least likely not to work. I think your problem is just a setting somewhere.
 
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sandman42 said:
I'll second this statement. If there's confusion about anything, it's this. Apple has never said that the :apple:TV only works with HD TV's. What they have said, though it's not entirely true, is that the :apple:TV only works with widescreen TV's. It's right there on :apple:TV spec page:

"Compatible with enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen TVs capable of 1080p/1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz"

There are widescreen TV's that are ED (480p), but not HD (720p or higher), and there are 4:3 (standard ratio) that are ED-capable and have a widescreen mode, and the :apple:TV will work with them (though reports are that in widescreen mode it doesn't look very good). Even if the TV is ED-capable but doesn't have a widescreen mode you can still connect the :apple:TV, but the image will be formatted for widescreen and will appear distorted.

To the OP: I think you should follow the previous advice about using the remote to cycle through the resolution settings. I also suspect that your :apple:TV is trying to output a resolution that is too high for the TV you're connecting it to. Like others have said, I strongly doubt that the problem is your cables -- they're the simplest thing in the equation, and least likely not to work. I think your problem is just a setting somewhere.
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This is correct in my experience. My Samsung CRT had component in and worked in widescreen mode. It did not support any resolutions higher than 480i, and worked fine with my AppleTV.
 
just got AppleTV last week and it's working fine with my Sony 27" WEGA. Just make sure to set it to 480i---any other setting will give you screwy-looking lines on the screen.

Chris
 
Lebowski, that makes no sense. His TV DOES have a widescreen mode, and combined with the component video cable and a 480x signal, it should work.

I used to have a Sony SD TV that had a wide screen mode and would show DVD's (480i or 480p) via component video in a "special" mode with a full resolution. I'm sure this is the same type of thing on his tv.

As long as your TV acepts the 480x signal via component video, he should be all set. I think he needs to try cycling through the resolutions by using the remote as described above..

(I see now that we several others beat me to this answer.)
 
Lebowski said:
really? you guys are this confused?

come on.

he has an SD tv with COMPONENT inputs. ATV ONLY SUPPORTS HD.
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Really? Are you this misinformed?

As pointed out by others, the AppleTV will most certainly work with non-HD component equipped TVs. I would recommend educating yourself before taking shots at people who know more than you do.
 
mchalebk said:
Really? Are you this misinformed?

As pointed out by others, the AppleTV will most certainly work with non-HD component equipped TVs. I would recommend educating yourself before taking shots at people who know more than you do.
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my bad. i dont look at forcing an image to an incorrect aspect ratio as working...

..."people who know more than you do..." LOL. ok guy.
 
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