AndyW
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 05:30 PM |
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Sony Bravia picture quality help!!
OK here is a question the wise world of LCB hopefully can help me with.
Sony Bravia HD LCD tv. 37 inch.
Virgin Media V+ box. Connects to TV via HDMI cable.
HD channels work great, nice HD picture, HD sound.
Normal channels looks like Im watching on a computer, you can almost see its pixalated (if thats a word)
Also I have a few dvd copy's. Nothing dodgy, just copy's for use in the car. When playing they too look like Im viewing on a computer
screen. Same dvd played on different telly/dvd player 100 times better and thats an older lcd telly and dvd player.
So the million dollar question is, what am I doing wrong, Ive tried different setting etc and nothing seems to make a difference. Ive seen other
people's telly, same as ours and their picture is much more vivid, colours etc and they on standard sky box.
Im at a loss, I know its only a telly but its really begining to annoy me!!!
P.S I cannot replace the tv for a better one...
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daniel mason
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 05:36 PM |
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some larger screens are not great in standard def. especially the slightly older ones. hd is good from these boxes but is not full hd 1080p and
aparrently is less than the 1080i/720p they state!
do the virgin boxes output hd sound? if so which version? i thought only certain av recievers could output hd sound.
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blakep82
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 05:54 PM |
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is it a brand new telly?
when i got mine some years ago now, its a 40" sony bravia, it looked terrible watching with a freeview box plugged in the scart. very
disappointed. very pixelated, trying to watch motoGP and i was for taking the TV right back.
the brightness was set to full as standard, turned it down to about half and the picture was MUCH better.
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KitCatE1
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 05:56 PM |
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How old is it? I work for the Television ratings (BARB) so work with thousands of peoples televisions a year I too notice the older Bravias have a
terrible SD picture the new ones seem ok yet the three or four year old sets are so blockey if that make sence?
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AndyW
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 05:59 PM |
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Its about 4 years old. The dvd is through scart and Virgin through HDMI cable and its the picture quality in SD that seems poor. Maybe it is the fact
its an old telly, old technology?
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KitCatE1
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:10 PM |
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Yeah it will just be the way the set processes the standard definition content with all that Bravia Engine crap they bang on about, Ive always stuck
with Panasonic personally, id be tempted to try a hdmi DVD player should at least upscale your DVDs not full HD of course tho.
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AndyW
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:14 PM |
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But why would my picture be not as crisp or bright as an identical telly of the same age?
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KitCatE1
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:24 PM |
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is it the exact same model? same model number?
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:27 PM |
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I have both virgin and freesat and the sd picture quility is mutch better on one of them. And I only keep the virgin tv box becasue its free.
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AndyW
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by KitCatE1
is it the exact same model? same model number?
Yup!
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daniel mason
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:33 PM |
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there are literally dozens of tv's in the bravia range,and i didnt want to say this earlier as i didnt want to be offensive.but apart from the
very top end sets i think they are very very poor. i am biased towards plasmas and i have a pioneer 50" version which is absolutely stunning in
both standard and with sky hd. even more impressive with blu ray. and i have to agree with others that panasonics are far superior. not that this
helps you much!.
i dont think there is a great deal you can do to your standard definition viewing but blu ray player via hdmi wil massively increase picture quality
when watchind dvd's.
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KitCatE1
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:49 PM |
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welll that is very strange must of bought a dodgy one lol
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daniel mason
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 06:54 PM |
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send me the model number and ill look through the specs in one of my many,many mags and books.
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 07:08 PM |
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Got to say I am really pleased with my Bravia, but I only run it through the sky box (720p) or blu ray.
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AndyW
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| posted on 27/5/11 at 07:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daniel mason
send me the model number and ill look through the specs in one of my many,many mags and books.
Model Number KDL-37P3020
Year of Manufacture: 12/2007
This is the exact tv with cracking reviews on colour etc, so why is mine crap??
[Edited on 27/5/11 by AndyW]
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