Nighmare day

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In article , Carpy
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Any suggestions, or what would you do in this situation? I don;t think she's
ever going to accept my arguments because she "knows" it was much better
before...................

Just a thought. She wasn't watching the analogue service before you did
the new install and switched her over to digital while setting up?


If they have a PVR, can't you compare a pre-upgrade picture with the
current picture and find out what the difference is supposed to be?

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In article , says...
In article , Carpy
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Any suggestions, or what would you do in this situation? I don;t think
she's
ever going to accept my arguments because she "knows" it was much better
before...................

Just a thought. She wasn't watching the analogue service before you did
the new install and switched her over to digital while setting up?


If they have a PVR, can't you compare a pre-upgrade picture with the
current picture and find out what the difference is supposed to be?

What the FEC are you talking about.
(That's a pun not an insult)


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Graham.

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On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:40 -0000, "Carpy"
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I recently had to tell a huge building contractor that I refuse to work
for
him in future....

That was brave of you.


Not really. I'm not particularly fond of chasing / hounding people
repeatedly just to get paid what I'm owed. He tried lots of delaying
tactics, including sending cheques that had the wrong year on them and so
couldn't be paid in because they had expired, and in the end I got so
annoyed with the situation I was forced to use some underhand tactics to
eventually get a payment that was £40 short.

In message , Carpy
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Any suggestions, or what would you do in this situation? I don;t think she's
ever going to accept my arguments because she "knows" it was much better
before...................
Damn shame you don't have a vertical hold pot to tweak, you could set
the pic rolling and ask her to choose the best one....


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Clint Sharp

On 16 Nov, 10:36, PT wrote:
In article , says... In article , Carpy
writes

Any suggestions, or what would you do in this situation? I don;t think she's
ever going to accept my arguments because she "knows" it was much better
before...................

Just a thought. *She wasn't watching the analogue service before you did
the new install and switched her over to digital while setting up?

If they have a PVR, can't you compare a pre-upgrade picture with the
current picture and find out what the difference is supposed to be?

Maybe the previous picture had god-awful ringing which punched through
her poor eysight?

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Now these ladies have an HD TV being fed an SD picture. I have noticed on
my own (CRT) TV that stretching a 4:3 picture to 16:9 gives a poor picture
which is "cleaned up" if I set the TV to 4:3.

So, can you change the picture to show smaller, but proper SD resolution on
their TV? If this clears it up then you can honestly, and having proved it,
say that their TV is sadly very bad at "stretching" the picture.

I think you also mentioned multiple outlets; can you move a CRT into the
lounge and demonstrate a good SD picture, again proving it's the TV?

Paul DS

Graham. wrote:
And do you remember that wierd opening credit sequence from Neighbours a
few years ago? The one that looked like someone had hung a net curtain in
front of the camera? That caused a complaint: "Since they did the new
aerial system I get a blurred picture every day, just as Neighbours
starts."



That was longer ago than you think, at least 20 years.
I remember it as being on the closing credits though.
A sort of Moiré pattern. The credits were shown over a shot
taken through a screen door or similar. It looked bloody awfull.


All of this reminds me of a TV I repaired for a near neighbour over 45
years ago!

It was an old Pye but the tube was in excellent condition and produced a
superb picture when I'd finished. However, the owner wasn't happy and
complained the picture was fuzzy.

His wife seemed perfectly with the picture and, after a time trying to
reason with him, in desperation I told him, quite bluntly, that the
picture was perfect and there must be something wrong with his eyesight!

Over a year later he spoke to one day and asked if I remembered telling
him that there was something wrong with his sight. Then he told me that
I had been right and that he'd been diagnosed with cataracts in both eyes!

Terry

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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Now these ladies have an HD TV being fed an SD picture. I have noticed on
my own (CRT) TV that stretching a 4:3 picture to 16:9 gives a poor picture
which is "cleaned up" if I set the TV to 4:3.

So, can you change the picture to show smaller, but proper SD resolution
on their TV? If this clears it up then you can honestly, and having
proved it, say that their TV is sadly very bad at "stretching" the
picture.

I think you also mentioned multiple outlets; can you move a CRT into the
lounge and demonstrate a good SD picture, again proving it's the TV?

A perfectly rational, logical and scientific solution.
First you have to instil attributes into the end-user.

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Graham.

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