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Your Hitachi 51UWX20B is an HDTV-Ready TV. No Digital Tuner. HDTV-Ready means that your TV set is capable of displaying analog and high-definition digital pictures, but without a digital tuner, it cannot receive the digital signal. An HDTV-Ready requires an external high-definition TV receiver (digital tuner) in order to receive HDTV signals. These external receivers can be called an HDTV Tuner, set-top-box, decoder or DTV Converter Box . So you will be required to purchase a converter box to receive over the air programming from an external antenna.
Do you mean replace the front plastic screen. Are you sure you want to?
This screen is $500+ if you can still get one. A tech may have to come
in and remove the bezel to insert the screen (some remove fairly
easy...) You can get a pretty nice LCD TV for $700.
HDTV ready means that your TV is capable of displaying a high definition picture. A standard television broadcast is shown in 480i. High definition starts at 720i. Only an HD ready TV is
capable of showing a picture that is 720 or above. So, if a person
wants to upgrade to high definition offered by their satellite or cable
company, or they want to enjoy a new Blue Ray disk player, they have to
have a TV that is HD ready.
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Someone did not explain to you what HDTV "Ready" means. It means you do not have a ATSC tuner in it to except over the air digital signal. The only way you will get digital reception is either from a HD Cable box with RGB outputs that plug into your RGB inputs, or being on Satellite connecting the same way. Seven years ago manufacturers never made it easy to understand and Salesmen only made it worse. So in short the term HDTV Ready meant it can, with a BOX.
With an HDTV-ready set you’ll need an external digital tuner to watch HDTV programming.
However, if you have high-definition cable or satellite service you can watch those HDTV stations right now on your HDTV-ready set, no extra tuner needed.
which means you will still need a converter box if you use an antenna signal.
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no need to convert ,,i have same tv,,hdready just means it has no built in converter. You just need a HD converter box or a cable box or dvr that is also an HD receiver.
Your TV is an "HD-Ready" television. What this means is that your TV is ready to accept HD input from an outside source, but doesn't have the ability to produce the content itself. It is a monitor and does not have a digital tuner. Without a digital tuner (or for cable a QAM tuner) you will not receive OTA broadcast HD.
You need to purchase a High Definition capable set-top converter box. The converter box will have HD component out and may have HDMI out, either will feed your HD Ready TV.
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