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Old June 29th 07, 06:35 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me and that
is my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being DirectTV HD-DVR.
I have TW Cable and am wondering if the the sdev picture quality is
do to the DirecTV source because all TW flat panel sdev I have seen
(maybe all LCD's) look very bad...

Dan
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Old June 29th 07, 07:27 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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Dan,
I haven't much to compare with but I am very satisfied with my LG 42 inch
(1080P) LCD. Using it OTA, when receiving SD transmissions the picture is
'softer' but no jaggies, jiggles, crawling etc.
Michael

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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me and that is
my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being DirectTV HD-DVR. I have
TW Cable and am wondering if the the sdev picture quality is do to the
DirecTV source because all TW flat panel sdev I have seen (maybe all LCD's)
look very bad...

Dan


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Old June 29th 07, 09:03 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me and that is
my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being DirectTV HD-DVR. I have
TW Cable and am wondering if the the sdev picture quality is do to the
DirecTV source because all TW flat panel sdev I have seen (maybe all LCD's)
look very bad...

Dan


I have a Pioneer 50" plasma that looks exceptionaly well in SD.
I've not seen a 50" set with a better SD picture.


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Old June 29th 07, 11:24 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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roto wrote:
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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me and that is
my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being DirectTV HD-DVR. I have
TW Cable and am wondering if the the sdev picture quality is do to the
DirecTV source because all TW flat panel sdev I have seen (maybe all LCD's)
look very bad...

Dan


I have a Pioneer 50" plasma that looks exceptionaly well in SD.
I've not seen a 50" set with a better SD picture.



What model number?
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Old June 30th 07, 04:13 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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roto wrote:
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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me and that
is my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being DirectTV HD-DVR.
I have TW Cable and am wondering if the the sdev picture quality is do
to the DirecTV source because all TW flat panel sdev I have seen (maybe
all LCD's) look very bad...

Dan


I have a Pioneer 50" plasma that looks exceptionaly well in SD.
I've not seen a 50" set with a better SD picture.


What model number?


PDP-5070HD


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Old June 30th 07, 11:24 PM posted to alt.tv.tech.hdtv
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I have only seen one flat panel that did sdev acceptably for me
and that is my friends Hitachi 50" plasma with the source being
DirectTV HD-DVR. I have TW Cable and am wondering if the the
sdev picture quality is do to the DirecTV source because all TW
flat panel sdev I have seen (maybe all LCD's) look very bad...

Dan


I'm now a TW customer, having been an Adelphia customer prior to
the bankruptcy buyout.

I do not have STBs, instead I have HDVRs. About a year ago,
most SD programming was unwatchable on a 42" 1080p monitor.
Today, the SD (both digital and analog) picture is considerably
better - yet quite varied from channel to channel and show to
show. I can only attribute this marked improvement to updating
the software in the Motorola HDVRs - improved upconverting
algorithms, or perhaps AN upconverting algorithm? Non-HDTV is
now actually quite watchable on a monitor that has no
upconverting of its own built in.

Prior to these automatic upgrades in the HDVR software, a better
SD picture was displayed by capturing via S-Video from an HDVR
with a Hauppauge or OnAir device (meaning DtoA and AtoD
conversion) and playing back from a PC.

Most TV material I enjoy is still on SD channels, so this
improvement is much appreciated - and a considerable labor
saver.


 




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