Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 12.3.2025 / 14:49
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > hdtv discussion > hdtv newbie question
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
HDTV newbie question
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
sa2001
Newbie
_ 		15. June 2007 @ 08:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I recently bought a Sanyo 42" plasma HDTV (DP42746)on sale at Walmart for $600 on an impulse buy, without doing any research first. This is my first HDTV. I have Dish Network with a non HD DVR receiver, which worked great with my old standard CRT TV. Most channels don't look very good when viewed on the new TV. The people especially kinda look like cartoon characters or something. When I use the digital antenna input on the new TV with an old circular UHF antenna, and view over the air digital or HD channels, the picture is great. Is this just how non HD shows look on all HD tv's, is it something to do with dish network, or is something wrong with my tv?
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
cheezzzz
Member

1 product review
_ 		15. June 2007 @ 11:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nothing wrong with the set. If you dont have an HD package (or an HD stb)you will be watching crappy displays from it. Then again, OTA cant catch other channels like ESPN, Discovery, etc. Get an HD stb and enjoy.
[ + quote]
WORD FOR TODAY IS "LEGS". NOW GO AND SPREAD THE WORD!!
Sony KDL46XBR2, Moto DCT 3416 I
Sony KDL32XBR6, Moto DCH 3416
Tosh HD-XA2, Pannie BD55
P4 3.4ghz, 320gb HD (160x2, RAID 0)
Blood Type - O pos
sa2001
Newbie
_ 		15. June 2007 @ 17:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The thing that confuses me is that my sisters 6 year old Sony rear projection HD 50" TV has a much better picture when viewing non HD shows from her cable company than my new 42" TV
[ + quote]
cheezzzz
Member

1 product review
_ 		15. June 2007 @ 18:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not all tvs are made alike. Some better than others. My sony LCD displays SD shows no better than my 32in crt trinitron that I had.

[ + quote]
WORD FOR TODAY IS "LEGS". NOW GO AND SPREAD THE WORD!!
Sony KDL46XBR2, Moto DCT 3416 I
Sony KDL32XBR6, Moto DCH 3416
Tosh HD-XA2, Pannie BD55
P4 3.4ghz, 320gb HD (160x2, RAID 0)
Blood Type - O pos
sa2001
Newbie
_ 		16. June 2007 @ 00:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My new Sanyo HDTV is significantly worse with SD channels than my 27" GE CRT is.
[ + quote]
club42
Member
_ 		16. June 2007 @ 06:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What cables are you using? Make sure they are Component. I have dish network to and they do a lot of compression for their SD channels.
[ + quote]
sa2001
Newbie
_ 		16. June 2007 @ 11:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My dish network DVR receiver doesn't have component jacks, it only has composite and RF.
[ + quote]
garmoon
AfterDawn Addict
_ 		16. June 2007 @ 17:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes standard broadcast cable channels don't look very good on HD TVs. That's one reason you always see an HD presentation in the store. Don't even ask what a cable channel picture looks like. They aren't even connected. OTA signals are good when they are HD, but standard signals are as bad as cable. Cox only offers bare minimum of HD programming. Unfortunately HD TV sets are much ahead of the HD providers for HD content quality. JM2C
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
club42
Member
_ 		17. June 2007 @ 06:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does your DVR have S - video. It might help but it wont make a huge difference. Also you can increase your viewing distance.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > archived forums > hdtv discussion > hdtv newbie question
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork