In Store Analog Picture Quality

Senator · 07-26-2005, 11:21 AM

Having researched for two months the purchase of a new Rear Projection HDTV, I walked into Circuit City with checkbook in hand with one last visual question to be answered. Does the set I was looking for have acceptable analog picture quality ? The clerk was kind enough to switch off the HDTV broadcast to show me the analog picture.
I was shocked and disheartened at what I saw. The picture was unviewable.
I completely understand and expect the analog picture to be far inferior to HD, but until everything is broadcast in HD I still intend to watch much programming on the "other" channels. Without specifically naming the Model that I was looking to purchase , could someone please advise me on whether the picture will generally improve at home as opposed to in a retail store and are certain Models much better at displaying an analog signal than others. Thank you in advance!!!

dangdan · 07-26-2005, 11:40 AM

My experience has been that home pq is vastly superior to what
is reluctantly shown by in store sd demo's. I recently purchased a
55" mitsu, and a 46" sony, and was surprised at the pq as compared
to what was available in-store. From research here and elsewhere,
I wasn't expecting too much in sd, but i was satisfied with the pq in
sd. Unfortunately, some channels are great, some are not very good,
but that's what remotes are for.

LordGamer · 07-26-2005, 12:04 PM

Picture quality is generally better at home (lighting, customization, etc); however, expect standard def to look a bit on the ugly side. Mainly because you are taking the low 640x480 resolution and boosting it to a much higher resolution (i.e. 1280x720 or 1920x1080). At the higher resolution, you will notice more imperfections.

leshabitants24 · 07-26-2005, 02:15 PM

with my sammy5085w i find looking at sd thru the svideo superior to the sd of my hdtv stb.

**PFC5** · 07-26-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by leshabitants24

with my sammy5085w i find looking at sd thru the svideo superior to the sd of my hdtv stb.

What brand/model STB do you have? You might want to try setting up the cable box to upconvert 480i to 480p and use the pass-through setting if you have a Scientific Atlanta cable box. I did this with mine and the SD PQ was better AND the brightness didn't change when going from HD channels to SD channels anymore. I hated changing the inputs to get better PQ with the SD connections. Now I have the best of both worlds and the family doesn't have to play around with inputs on the TV. It is worth a shot, but "your mileage may vary" because of the TV & cable service.

**rbinck** · 07-26-2005, 03:00 PM

You might want to check out this thread:
A Discussion On Poor SD On HDTVs

07-26-2005, 11:21 AM	#1
Senator A couch and an HDTV to go please. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10	In Store Analog Picture Quality Having researched for two months the purchase of a new Rear Projection HDTV, I walked into Circuit City with checkbook in hand with one last visual question to be answered. Does the set I was looking for have acceptable analog picture quality ? The clerk was kind enough to switch off the HDTV broadcast to show me the analog picture. I was shocked and disheartened at what I saw. The picture was unviewable. I completely understand and expect the analog picture to be far inferior to HD, but until everything is broadcast in HD I still intend to watch much programming on the "other" channels. Without specifically naming the Model that I was looking to purchase , could someone please advise me on whether the picture will generally improve at home as opposed to in a retail store and are certain Models much better at displaying an analog signal than others. Thank you in advance!!!

07-26-2005, 12:04 PM	#3
LordGamer Lord of Gaming Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,788	Picture quality is generally better at home (lighting, customization, etc); however, expect standard def to look a bit on the ugly side. Mainly because you are taking the low 640x480 resolution and boosting it to a much higher resolution (i.e. 1280x720 or 1920x1080). At the higher resolution, you will notice more imperfections. __________________ LordGamer Profile - George Carlin, R.I.P. 06.22.08 HD Qualifications... -- Westinghouse 47" 1080p LCD (LVM-47w1) -- Scientific Atlanta HD Receiver & DVR (8300HD), Comcast -- Sony Playstation 3 -- Microsoft Xbox 360

07-26-2005, 11:40 AM	#2
dangdan High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 37	My experience has been that home pq is vastly superior to what is reluctantly shown by in store sd demo's. I recently purchased a 55" mitsu, and a 46" sony, and was surprised at the pq as compared to what was available in-store. From research here and elsewhere, I wasn't expecting too much in sd, but i was satisfied with the pq in sd. Unfortunately, some channels are great, some are not very good, but that's what remotes are for.

07-26-2005, 02:15 PM	#4
leshabitants24 High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 182	with my sammy5085w i find looking at sd thru the svideo superior to the sd of my hdtv stb.

07-26-2005, 03:00 PM	#6
rbinck Administrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 12,301	You might want to check out this thread: A Discussion On Poor SD On HDTVs