Samsung LE32R74 dtv picture awful

encephalopathy · 21 Apr 2007 at 21:07

as above - when i use the built in freeview there are all sorts of blue blocky artefacts especially on light coloured areas of the picture

not present on the sd signal

if i use my phillips freeview box the problem is the same, whereas before with my crt tv its picture using the philips freeview box was fine

dvds play ok without any artefacts

any ideas what is causing this or is it just due to the quality of my freeview signal?

thanks

ic1male · 21 Apr 2007 at 22:44

Does the Samsung indicate anywhere the strength of the Freeview signal?

Energize · 21 Apr 2007 at 22:55

Perhaps you have the inferior cmo panel?

Look at the sticker on the back of your tv, if it says C after the model instead of S then it is one of the inferior panels that it was not advertised as having.

Could just be because of the low bitrate of digital broadcasts though.

encephalopathy · 23 Apr 2007 at 23:57

oh i feel like such a plonker

pushed the scart lead in a little more snuggly and artefacts are gone

think i will get some better scart leads - are the ones that 'lock' in place better, or more likely to rip part of my tv off?