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The digital cable box requires to have component (YPbPr) cable attached to HDTV to create a high performance picture. The regular/analog closed captioned (CC) will not shown up on TV when having HD cable box attached to TV. Most of newer digital cable box have built in digital captioned, I have to set the digital capiton to turn it on for HDTV to view the caption performance on HDTV.
Also my Toshiba HDTV supports picture format of 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p and 1080i. The "p" stands for progressive, every pixel on the screen is refeshed simultaneously, like 60 frames per second (fps). "i" stands for interflanced method involves refershing pixels in alternation - first the odd lines and then the even lines, like least 30 fps. This digital cable box supports all picture formats as well. I chose to use 720p or 1080i on my HDTV.
I have watched some HDTV programs only with full widescreen 16:9 format. Some HD channels does not support, they use pillarbox format (4:3, black on both sides.) They also use high quality pictures to watch.
Yesterday I watched Monday Night Football with HDTV 16:9, and I am totally die for that - awestruck, my eyes are glued on HDTV and am in heaven to see ultra clear, life-like picture on TV. That make me feel like I am already in there.
Can't wait to watch Monday Night Football: Steelers versus New England Patriots in Heinz Field on 9/25/2005... it's going to be much fun to watch. And, hopefully to have HDTV for NHL Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game to watch Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby playing.
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