Originally posted by: SilverWook
Mielr, did your niece buy a EDTV by accident?(Extended Definition, which isn't true HD and looks like crap in every store model I've seen.) Most current HDTV sets should be able to upscale DVD nicely. Having a progressive player hooked up properly helps too. Most cable systems are using overcompressed crappy signals to begin with.
No, she's got an HDTV. I don't think her DVD player upscales (but I'm not sure about that), but standard cable broadcasts look pretty bad.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Mielr, tell your niece to get the HD channels. The difference is like night and day. On a bad day, yeah, the over compressed stuff looks nasty, but most of the time it looks beautiful. I've found that it's more the SD channels that get over compressed and look like hell than it is the HD channels.
SD channels still look bad on a 50" HDTV CRT (that's what I have) if you're closer than 10 ft. From 20 ft away they look alright (my couch is 20 ft away, across the room), but HD still looks a ton better.
Mielr, did your niece buy a EDTV by accident?(Extended Definition, which isn't true HD and looks like crap in every store model I've seen.) Most current HDTV sets should be able to upscale DVD nicely. Having a progressive player hooked up properly helps too. Most cable systems are using overcompressed crappy signals to begin with.
Originally posted by: canofhumdingers
Actually, EDTV means "enhanced" definition. Also, as many have pointed out before, almost all tvs look like crap when you pull them out of the box. They have to be properly calibrated. Perhaps that's the problem with this LCD? (FWIW, i've never seen an LCD tv that i thought looked very good, picture quality wise.)
Actually, EDTV means "enhanced" definition. Also, as many have pointed out before, almost all tvs look like crap when you pull them out of the box. They have to be properly calibrated. Perhaps that's the problem with this LCD? (FWIW, i've never seen an LCD tv that i thought looked very good, picture quality wise.)
No, she's got an HDTV. I don't think her DVD player upscales (but I'm not sure about that), but standard cable broadcasts look pretty bad.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Mielr, tell your niece to get the HD channels. The difference is like night and day. On a bad day, yeah, the over compressed stuff looks nasty, but most of the time it looks beautiful. I've found that it's more the SD channels that get over compressed and look like hell than it is the HD channels.
SD channels still look bad on a 50" HDTV CRT (that's what I have) if you're closer than 10 ft. From 20 ft away they look alright (my couch is 20 ft away, across the room), but HD still looks a ton better.
As it stands, she's getting free cable (due to a cable company screw-up) so I don't think she wants to make any waves right now, but I told her that she could probably pull in some HD channels with an antenna.
Her TV also needs to be properly calibrated, I'm sure.
So, SD sources still look bad on a HD-CRT? I was going to try and get one of those 34" Sony HD-CRTs before they're gone for good, because I'd heard they were better for standard cable/DVDs. I may not bother now if all of my DVDs are going to look like crap on that, too. I have no plans for buying a blu-ray player anytime soon.