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New TV quality problem.

alexisonfire

alexisonfire

alexisonfire

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New TV just came, mirai DTL-632V200, but the picture looks terrible. I thought it might of just been a bad signal with terrestrial tv, so got the ps2, and plugged it in via component AV, and played a DVD. Yet still the picture is terrible. It almost looks the same as when a PC monitor is running in 800x600.

Any ideas? :confused:
 
This is actually what the picture looks like, not just a **** photo :confused:

See the ghosting on the nose & eyes, also just generally terrible picture.

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Does a PS2 output Component video or is it composite/Pal?

A composite signal will look poor on an HD Ready TV.

Is your terrestrial signal analogue or digital?

Are some channels better then others?

Can you feed it VGA from a PC or Laptop to see how it performs with a decent source.

Without an HD source the best test you can give it is to feed it via RGB Scart, maybe from a DVD player.
 
DavidMarq said:
Does a PS2 output Component video or is it composite/Pal?
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DavidMarq said:
A composite signal will look poor on an HD Ready TV.

Is your terrestrial signal analogue or digital?
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Terrestrial signal is analogue im guessing? Just using a normal co-axial plug.

DavidMarq said:
Are some channels better then others?
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Channel 1, 2, 3, 4 are all the same quality.

DavidMarq said:
Can you feed it VGA from a PC or Laptop to see how it performs with a decent source.
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Not at the moment no, gfx card is DVI, TV is VGA/HDMI, hoping to get a lead tomorrow.

DavidMarq said:
Without an HD source the best test you can give it is to feed it via RGB Scart, maybe from a DVD player.
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I have a dvd player down stairs, component to component though.

Im having my sky+ installed on wednesday...will see what they say.
 
Your cable is composite video.

Sky + should be OK connected via RGB Scart. There will still be some channels that are better than others. BBC 1 is very good, ITV is crap.

For a non HD source you need to sit a few feet away from the set or you will see all the imperfections.
 
Just got hold of a vga to vga cable and have the PC hooked up to the TV. Running at 1280x768 60hertz it looks amazing. Does this change your view david?
 
DavidMarq said:
Seems that your TV is fine. Download some HD content and then you will be amased.

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?t=6537


Don't expect too much from a non HD sources and don't sit too close when watching SD material.
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So will sky TV look "normal"? Terrestrial tv is unwatchable, and the feed coming from my PS2 is the same. And i use that as my dvd player. What lead will i need to get for my PS2 to work properly?
 
alexisonfire said:
So will sky TV look "normal"? Terrestrial tv is unwatchable, and the feed coming from my PS2 is the same. And i use that as my dvd player. What lead will i need to get for my PS2 to work properly?
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RGB Scart or Component cable for the PS2 however triggerthat seems to have issues with component output.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17717855

Remember that with the PS2 the TV has to up-scale 576 horizontal lines to 768 so some loss of picture quality is to be expected.

Sky will be fine, but again you have 576 lines being up-scaled to 768 so you will see some artefacts/defects if you are too close to the set.

Bit rates on satellite TV vary and picture quality will vary with the broadcast bit rate. Hence:

BBC 1 - High bit rate = Good picture
ITV 1 - Lower bit rate = Crap picture ( and a lot of 4:3 format football :eek: )

Sky HD can be superb but again the mileage does vary with bit rate.
 
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