HD to SD?

[jmflow]

Hello, I need some help with a few things. At my work we have about 100 hdtvs, we have 2 excercise machines with built in sd tvs. We currently have about 50 sd channels, each channel has its own satellite box, all tvs connected with coax. The issue is that I will be soon getting hd , and I cannot find a way to make those two sd tvs recieve channels. The excercise tvs only have a coax connection . I was wondering if I can use a DTV converter box, but I don't think that may work. We have not yet had this conversion done, so I don't know exactly what equipment they will use, but I believe all that will change is the satellite boxes for each channel.

 

[TheKrell]

Not sure which receivers you will use since you're running a business. But if these receivers work the same way as they do for residential service, then all Dish receivers have SD outputs. (And they're all active at once.) A DTV converter box wll not work since there is no ATSC output from Dish receivers.

 

[jmflow]

The recievers do look the same as residential ones, the thing is I believe we are going to have one reciever for each channel, like our current setup, and the other thing is the reciever rack is floors away from those two tvs,

 

[jmflow]

So I found out that those 2 tvs are capable of recieving a digital signal, but I am not sure if it will work with an hd signal.

 

[boba]

You really need to wait until you find out the complete system being installed. HD over coax pretty much says a cable modulation system. ATSC modulators for 50 channels might be prohibitive.

 

[harshness]

You really need to wait until you find out the complete system being installed. HD over coax pretty much says a cable modulation system. ATSC modulators for 50 channels might be prohibitive.

ATSC modulators are categorically cost prohibitive.

I suspect that without knowing a lot more about the new system, it is pointless to speculate how the signals are to be distributed.

 

[mike123abc]

QAM modulators start at $1k for 720p and $2k+ for 1080i.