Finally ordered our first LCD TV

DarkShadow · 20 Jun 2006 at 13:05

Tis uber cool :cool:

Set up via HDMI right now, whilst the picture is crisp, Still have issues with the res. Will be giving it another whirl.

28ten · 20 Jun 2006 at 21:26

dark_shadow said:
Tis uber cool

Set up via HDMI right now, whilst the picture is crisp, Still have issues with the res. Will be giving it another whirl.

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Mine arrived today, overall happy with it although the picture via aerial is is much better than the sky from scart. I haven't messed with any settings yet so we'll have to see how it goes.

chaparral · 20 Jun 2006 at 22:45

28ten said:
Mine arrived today, overall happy with it although the picture via aerial is is much better than the sky from scart. I haven't messed with any settings yet so we'll have to see how it goes.

That can't be right :confused:

28ten · 21 Jun 2006 at 08:14

chaparral said:
That can't be right

I'm blaming the el cheapo scart lead at the moment, althought the picture did seem to improve.
Do Lcd's have a 'running in' period?

One More Solo · 21 Jun 2006 at 11:52

It's not that surprising, ITV on aerial is miles better for me than Sky.

pinkaardvark · 21 Jun 2006 at 14:02

One More Solo said:
It's not that surprising, ITV on aerial is miles better for me than Sky.

Yep Sky and digital freeview are both compressed so quality varies.. and as sky use bandwidth for HD it seems to be getting worse. If you get a good analogue signal then that is usually much better than the garbage sky output.

At times I wonder if there is any need for HD, if SKy would just up the bandwidth on SD to acceptable levels folks would see a massive improvement.

Balb0wa · 22 Jun 2006 at 11:14

The reason ITV on sky is garbage is because of there regional channels taking up bandwidth.

Theres a thread about it on the av forums. Its nothing to do with sky, itv rent the space on the sky transponder. Ive heard its a lot better through freeview.

Kol · 22 Jun 2006 at 13:04

bobbyboy uk said:
The reason ITV on sky is garbage is because of there regional channels taking up bandwidth.

Theres a thread about it on the av forums. Its nothing to do with sky, itv rent the space on the sky transponder. Ive heard its a lot better through freeview.

Aye. I've noticed the PQ on my freeview receiver is sometimes better than the PQ on SKY, namely due to compression.