Calendarman
Business Ultra user
join:2000-11-21
Mount Kisco, NY
2 edits | [iO] TV signals not clear
I also posted this in OOL Direct ( don't know if they handle TV):
Just got brand new Sony Bravia 40XBR-2 40" TV. HD channels come in fantastic, but regular channels are not very sharp, even in Square viewing mode. Is this normal for cablevision? My old 25" Sony on same line shows pictures much clearer than this brand new TV. I have 8300HD. For example, if you tune to channel 8, Home Shopping, and look at the prices chart that they show on the screen, it looks all pixiculated, and all other images are not very sharp, but they are viewable. My old Sony does not do this. Is this a normal problem with the Cablevsion signal, or can something be done. The cablevision tech that installed my 8300HD said "there is nothing that can be done, the new LCD TV's show the picture that way, and that is it!" Should I accept this? I know it is not the TV, because I just had a new Sharp TV that I returned, and the picture came out the same way.
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GeekNJ
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Waldwick, NJ
1 edit | The bigger the screen, the worse SD will look, especially if you're closer then the optimal viewing point for your size set.
So comparing my 27" SD set to my 50" HD set, yes, the SD channels look "worse".
Since you have an 8300HD, the channels are digital so unless you're seeing macro blocking because of poor signals, you're seeing the digital picture as it is for everyone. |
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Calendarman
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join:2000-11-21
Mount Kisco, NY
4 edits | How do I determine optimal viewing point, nothing in TV instructions? 40" T.V. I am about 7 feet away. So from what I described above, there is nothing I can do but wait till there are more channels on HD? It seems strange, because I had a 32" console TV for 15 years which just broke, so I bought this one. I think the picture was actually larger on the old TV than the square mode picture on this TV, but the old TV had a much sharper picture. I guess modern technology is not always the best! |
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GeekNJ
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Waldwick, NJ
| Using »www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learn···ent.html as a reference:
34" ... 4.25-7 feet
42" ... 5.25-8.75 feet
So 7 feet should be fine. |
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Calendarman
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join:2000-11-21
Mount Kisco, NY | 24 Is showing up as "720" on the DVR. It looks good, but does that mean it is not full HD?
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UofMiamiGrad
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join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY | reply to Calendarman
720P is HD! Fox broadcasts in 720p, so you should be seeing it in HD. 720P & 1080i are classified as HD, FYI! |
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GeekNJ
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Waldwick, NJ | reply to Calendarman
480 is SD |
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Calendarman
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join:2000-11-21
Mount Kisco, NY | reply to Calendarman
Is there a difference between 720 and 1080? |
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GeekNJ
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Waldwick, NJ | »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p#720p_versus_1080i |
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Millwood
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join:2002-04-27
Millwood, NY
 ·Cablevision
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I have a 8300HD and a 37" sharp LCD.
I've found that I get the best pictures by forcing the 8300HD to convert everything to 720p. It seems that the 8300HD does a better job of converting 480i than my TV. Possibly because it has more computing power? In HD, 720p does a better job of motion than 1080i - but I have an LCD, and I'm told that LCD's have trouble with motion relative to plasma.
I've also changed the default picture settings quite a bit. By default, my TV had sharpness turned way down, and color so saturated it looked ridiculous to my eye.
So do play with the many choices you have between the 8300HD and the TV to get the best pictures. |
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Calendarman
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join:2000-11-21
Mount Kisco, NY
| I had two Sharp 37" TV's in the past few weeks,the original one I bought and a replavment provided by Sharp. Both had to be returned because Sharp could not fix a clicking sound that came from the TV itself every 1 to 2 minutes. So I switched to Sony. Do you get that sound?
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Millwood
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join:2002-04-27
Millwood, NY
·Cablevision
| Sharp has lots of models - and as best I can tell they have different technologies. Mine is a LC-37D42U and I have no problem with it at all. It's absolutely silent. I can't compare its picture to other models, of course, but I'm happy. HD is wonderful, rest is quite good. It's bright enough to see in daylight. Its sound is OK. |
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e2727
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join:2001-10-30
Brooklyn, NY
·Optimum Online
|  I was shoping for a HD tv , but i did see how the SD looked , an i did'nt like it at all , not clear like a tube tv,i will wait till more channels are in HD, to me the SD looks bad,when it all goes HD, than it will pay
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