question

[bozo]

will a directv hd dvr box work with a regular non hd tv

 

[tvropro]

yes

 

[nuttz565]

will a directv hd dvr box work with a regular non hd tv

Yep, I currently have a H24 hooked up via RCA cables(red,white,yellow) to a 14 year old TV.

 

[Mr Tony]

I use a H23 to an old 32" SDTV...works fine

 

[csabec]

I had a 2002 model Sony 32" and even though it wasn't hd it supported 1080i which I thought was pretty cool and at the time I had HR23. I did have the tv set up via s-video cables.

 

[charper1]

if it supported 1080i i was doing HD when connected via component (not via S-vid though); are you meaning it just wasn't native 16x9? Did your TV have comp?

I had an old 4x3 Sony as well that did 1080i via component. It was letterboxed as expected, but it supported the HD rez;

 

[tvropro]

S video can only support up to 576i. Even 480p needs component.

 

[charper1]

Commenting off my post?

"if it supported 1080i i was doing HD when connected via component (not via S-vid though)"

 

[JerseyMatt]

My first HDTV was a 4x3 RCA. I can't remember the back panel exactly but I remember the hookup to the HD Directv box was definitely VGA, not component. The component ports did not support progressive.

 

[charper1]

1 of my TVs during the "transition" had the VGA (never tried it) but the Sony and my buddy's Hitachi UltraVision (both native 4x3) had component to support 1080i

 

[csabec]

The Sony was 4X3 format hooked up with S-Video and audio component cables.

 

[charper1]

likely composite.

but did the TV have any component video IN?

 

[csabec]

S-Video acted as the video in (yellow wire) and the audio (red and white) gets plugged in for audio and I think that's the only wires that were connected to the tv at the time.

 

[charper1]

R/W would be composite audio and I get thats how it was connected; what I am asking is if you know if that TV had component IN?

 

[JerseyMatt]

S-Video acted as the video in (yellow wire) and the audio (red and white) gets plugged in for audio and I think that's the only wires that were connected to the tv at the time.

Then it wasn't 1080i. You can't get HD through S-video.