> I got the DVD hooked up to HD1 and in fact it plays the DVD when HD1 is
> selected. However, now, some of the stations that were coming in on their
> coax cable connection aren't. They've got this HDTV hooked up via a coax
> cable coming through the VCR - yes, I know, complete waste of technology but
> that's their setup. In essence, they're just using it as a wide screen tv
> and don't seem to care that they're not getting an HD picture.

> However, now he tells me that some of the stations don't come in that had
> been coming in before. At first, I thought maybe in the process of moving
> the TV around I had damaged the coax connector but some of the stations come
> in strong when the cable is connected - only snow without the cable so
> obviously a signal getting through. The stations that now don't come in on
> this TV do come in on other TV's in other rooms on the same cable system.

> Can you think of reason why some stations wouldn't come in only on this one
> tv when they were before?  Since I'm not an electronics buff, I wondered if
> there was a way for a coax connection - either the cable or something in the
> tv to be "selectively broken".

> Additionally, something odd I notice is that they have the cable from the
> wall going to the "out" coax connection on the DVD/VCR player and the cable
> to the tv from the "in", which I assumed was backwards. However, after
> reversing the cables, the picture is worse.....?? Doesn't seem right to me..

> Unfortunately I was in town visiting for Thanksgiving, so am not able to do
> a hands-on look at what's going on now. I've suggested they try other TV's
> on that same cable and perhaps get help to lug this HDTV to a connection in
> another room to see if it exhibits the same behavior, which is I would do if
> I were there.

> Also, unless they're taping off the cable connection, now that they've got
> the component cables hooked up from the DVD, there isn't any reason for the
> coax cable to go through the DVD/VCR is there? Or is there?

> Thanks for all input