I have had both cable and satellite before. In both cases a coax is run from the source to box that digitally decodes the signal, meaning that coax is transmitting a lot of data, often including high speed internet. Yet running a coax from the cable box to the tv only results in standard def picture. What gives?
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The engineering required to get the high bandwidth out of old coaxial networks are quite astounding. The coax decoder is full of advanced modern technology to achieve this. If you wanted to use the same technology to send the images to your TV then you would require an equally impressive encoder as well. And you would depend on your TV coming with a decoder which is compatible with the type of signals you generate. So while it is technically possible, any many TVs do come with decoders for some types of coax signals, it would be expensive and unnecessary. It is much cheaper and simpler to just upgrade the cable to a high quality HDMI cable which does not require the same encoders and decoders to get the same bandwidth out of it.
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