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From: Leonard Caillouet on 10 Dec 2006 20:32 "David Naylor" <dave1645(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:S7adnYVvQ5SJB-HYnZ2dnUVZ_uS3nZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Miggidy wrote: >> I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'll >> ask it anyway. I just bought a $2,000 dollar Sony 40" 1080 LCD tv >> (Sony KDL-40V2500). We don't have an HD box, but do have some nice >> Monster cables and all of that stuff. When I hooked up my DirectTV box >> to the tv, the picture quality is absolutely horrible, even worse than >> my old crappy tv. The dvd's look pretty good, but nothing like it did >> in the store. >> >> When I turn on a dvd it flashes 480i in the left corner. I'm not a >> genius, but isn't that pretty bad? How do i get the resolution higher >> than that? Anything will help. Thanks in advance. >> >> Mark >> > Yup You have got the problem that the sales guy will never tell you. I'am > a servece tech for BB and most of todays sets will look horible on an > anologe signal. Meaning basic cable or your standard DVD player.however > there are a couple of cheap dvd players that sony and samsung put out that > upconvert youe signal to 1080. It is NOT HD but it looks a whole lot > better. When you go to HD though cable or direct tv you will never go > back....On the other hand there is a 26, 32, 37 inch set out there now > that looks good on anologe and WOWO on hd, and that is the philips > 26,32,37 mf231d...All the techs in my shop go crazy over this unit .. > check them out Upconverting DVD players rarely improve much. They cannot add information that is not there to start with. At best they increase the number of scan lines without introducing artifacts. If the scaling, and perhaps deinterlacing, is better in the player than the display, the upconverting player will look better. If the scaling, and/or, deinterlacing and pulldown are better in the display, as most better quality sets are, the upconverting player is a waste of resources. Some HD sets look better than otheres with lower resolution or noisy sources. This is something that varies greatly. Generally, the traditional TV makers do a better job of handling poor quality NTSC and digital sources on HD displays. Sony's DRC in its most recent two versions is one of the best systems for dealing with lousy 480i sources. DirecTV is notorious for compressing HD signals at times, and SD most of the time to unacceptable levels. OTA ATSC signals are nearly always better and HD on cable systems is often better. Leonard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 16111 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!
From: buffalobill on 13 Dec 2006 06:02 see sony for some support: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=KDL40V2500®ion_id=1 after you read the manual you will determine what cables are needed to connect your new direct tv box to the tv. you need to feed it with an hd box signal or else it will display standard tv. or www.crutchfield.com has explanation articles. also: and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdtv Miggidy wrote: > I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'll > ask it anyway. I just bought a $2,000 dollar Sony 40" 1080 LCD tv > (Sony KDL-40V2500). We don't have an HD box, but do have some nice > Monster cables and all of that stuff. When I hooked up my DirectTV box > to the tv, the picture quality is absolutely horrible, even worse than > my old crappy tv. The dvd's look pretty good, but nothing like it did > in the store. > > When I turn on a dvd it flashes 480i in the left corner. I'm not a > genius, but isn't that pretty bad? How do i get the resolution higher > than that? Anything will help. Thanks in advance. > > Mark
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