Picture Quality on Standard TV Channels? Can someone tell me how this will look with standard satellite television channels?
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I just purchased this tv and the picture quality for regular channels is very poor... movies look great, but I am not satisfied with watching regular talk shows.Samsung LN46B550 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color
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My tv looks great, Please try to play something from amazon instant video or netflix, sometime cable signal is not as good as it should and image quality became bad. Believe me this is one of the best inversion I ever did, this tv looks so goodThat a lot of friend ask me where did I buy this tv because it looks so amazing. I have a 47" LG and you can note the quality difference. I think if you can see the pixel problem with netflix or amazon instant video then the tv it is not working properly
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yeah dont get this tv my friends has it. the problem with it is fuzzy picture. i did a comparison with my own 1080p Lns-4095d samsung tv. Even though my tv is relatively older it didnt have fuzzy pic. Also note that both were using hdmi cable. however the LN-T5265F did not want to swtich to a 1080p resolution. everytime we did it got static. also note that all tests were done using a ps3. I recommned a Samsung however not this one.
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It definitely depends on your receiver and how good the channel transmits their signal, but I would say the picture is excellent when all things are considered. I've NEVER been overly blown away by ESPN/ABC's picture quality; however, NBC has excellent HD and last Saturday's Wild Card games for NFL looked great.Keep in mind that HD receivers only transmit in 1080i...no TV is going to give you bluray quality (unfortunately) at this stage. I'd say it's definitely comparable to TVs with a higher price point and equal specs.
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Some channels are HD, most are not. HD ones are pretty good. Non hd Quality is not terrible.
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Can I use this as a regular TV with the analog to digital convertor I bought in order to get my local antenna TV stations? Do I need special cables or a cable or satellite input? If this is widescreen (?) do I have to adapt (including wife's possible comments!!) to a different picture configuration that we are used to? Thanks a lot for any help and comments.
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It looks as good as a non-HDTV. From the few times I've looked at SD tv though, it doesn't utilize widescreen (It's still 4:3 rather than 16:9). So that's something you might want to think about.
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When watching cable television, it really won't appear to look any different than 720p from that distance. If you sit up close, then yes you will notice a difference.
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Greg, I am also watching the Olympics on Comcast HD and not experiencing a lot of the pixelation you mention, mostly during the fastest figure skating spins, and camera moves on other sports. In fact, I am blown away with the picture on this event. I have not changed my 120-Hz (whatever its called) setting from the factory preset, and it would be the only thing I suggest looking at. I also have the picture set on "Movie" mode, the others presets are just too saturated, bubble-gum colors... though I doubt that makes a difference. Hope you can resolve this.
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Thanks for replying Steven. The edge issues I was mentioning were on the edges of moving objects, not the edges of the picture, I should have been more specific (although when I played around with picture size I saw what you meant, good to know if I run into that problem in the future). I do think you were right that part of the problem was tiling, I think something was going on with my cable feed, perhaps from the storms in the area after the new TV was delivered??? The picture is looking better these days.
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It looks as good as a non-HDTV.From the few times I've looked at SD tv though, it doesn't utilize widescreen (It's still 4:3 rather than 16:9). So that's something you might want to think about.
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It works like any other HDTV. It has a digital tuner already installed, so all you would need is an antenna (for about $10). Reception will be based on factors such as distance from the transmission source and the terrain surrounding you, but you should see a nice HD picture.
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Personaly because this tv is so revealing, it doesn't look very good. On hd contnet it looks realy sharp but on lesser stuff not so good. The other night I was watching my favorite actress jessica alba in the eye from 2008 and it really looked horrible because it was in standard def. If your going to get a tv like this and spend this much, you need to put the best quality input into it.
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I haven't....but I can tell you it is an outstanding TV - the picture and sound are unbelievable .... and I don't even have HD from Dish Satellite! I had a Samsung before this one....same size....and it was awful in comparison. Tinny audio and very pixilated screen. Sorry....I guess I didn't answer your question about being a TV monitor!
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Is the convertion from 1080p to 720p the reason I get two grey bars left and right when I tune into a HD channel? If not, why do I get those bars? The picture is quite good but not full left and right.
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In all likelihood your set is fine. Your DirecTV tech however needs a refresher course. Your satellite box is putting out a 4:3 ratio picture (that's four units wide for every three units high) while your TV is displaying a 16:9 picture, resulting in the black bars on either side. I don't have this particular Vizio, but my Samsung has a setting to enlarge (without distorting) the picture where the image will then fill the screen. You lose a bit of the top and bottom of the picture, but it will fill the screen without distortion. Your Vizio may, or may not, have a similar setting. There may be a setting on your DirecTV box to change the output to 16:9, but I doubt it. I suspect you'll have to wait until you get the hi-def box. There's almost certainly nothing wrong with the TV however. By the way, if you have an old pair of rabbit ears (or an existing antenna) and you live remotely near a television transmitter, you might want to try connecting the rabbit ears/antenna to the TV and scan to see which channels you can get. Very often the absolute best picture quality comes from an antenna.
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I am pretty sure it is given it has a hdmi input/output. That is how we have it hooked to our satellite. Great picture