How is the SD picture??? My wife likes some non HD movies on Starz Encore
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Well let me put it this way, you are blowing up the image to fit with no more data available. That said SD willalways look like crap on a larger screen, that is a fact of life. I dont find this tv to be any worse or better then my Sharp or my Panny. Bottom line, blow up a 35mm negative and a 8 x10 negative to a poster and guess which will look better, same thing here.
820056
Some channels are HD, most are not. HD ones are pretty good. Non hd Quality is not terrible.
854562
Not at all! I have watched old John Wayne movies as well as new releases and the picture is clear and crisp regardless of the delivery system: cable, DVD or on line.
759410
I would jump on it. It is an excellent upconverter of sd dvds. Gettting hard to find. I picked one up at bb for $150, and it was the last one.
1224712
is it possible that it IS hd but dimmed? when i got my satellite upgrade, i was horrified to see that the picture i was getting was about half the brightness of over the air broadcasts that looked absolutely beautiful. it took me a day or so to figure out that the tv comes from the factory defaulted to 'autoview' under 'picturemode' in the picture menu. put it on 'sports' or 'standard' to suit your taste. this tv is all about inputs, and i assume you have it set on 'antenna/cable'. if you do, i should think you'd be getting HD just fine. good luck. -dan
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I just picked one up from BB today, and the included manual isn't much more helpful. According to the manual, it is going to be up to the individual production of discs as far as what you'll be able to get from components. IF the protection is enabled, without HDMI you will only be able to view 480i or 480p. 720p or 1080i, either through HD DVD or upconverted SD DVD would/could be blocked. Hope this helps. Like I said, I have the unit and I'm watching it now with SD DVDs until tomorrow, and the upconversion is MUCH better than my previous Toshiba DVD upconversion player. Star Wars III was absolutely fantastic (picture wise. Unfortunately this unit cannot yet "upconvert" poor scripts, but I digress). If anyone wants to ask anymore questions, I'll be picking up a couple HD DVDs tomorrow (Tuesday 4/18) as well as getting some from Netflix, so I'll have plenty of review material.
485015
Thanks for your response. So... Is there any difference in picture quality?
681834
I just checked out their website and they have most of the latest releases, as well as 3 different quality formats, SD, HD and HDX which is better than regular HD. Their prices are the same as Amazon and CinemaNow, not sure why you think their prices are so bad? Panasonic has Amazon VOD in case you're interested.
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I'd like to see some pictures from others as well. My 48" TCL's picture is so incredibly grainy, it's distracting. A HD TV shouldnt look like this when displaying 1080 content.
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Apparently they have upgraded to what they call "near HD"... 1280x540. I would like to know if anyone has actually seen this on a decent size 1080p screen, and how it looks. Also, can it pass 5.1 sound?
1477305
I've had mine for over a year now and have recorded about 350 in the 6 hour per disk format (better quality in 2 hour format) and although the picture isn't High Def I can still see it good enough for me! Mind you I'm 64 and the Blue Ray stuff doesn't faze me. Just give me a movie with a story! Wayne Arthur
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Read the reviews bitching about the inability to down-convert to SD to burn or share. If you are going to use and edit and save or burn straight HD (Does not go with DVDs) this is OK. Otherwise problems with post-production time, space etc.
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stardard definition looks good,, offcourse it looks horrible compared to hd
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I have a HD DVD player, I don't hate BD, hell I may even buy one sometime in 2009 when (if) prices come down and the 2.0 players are out. I don't believe downloading will replace discs in the next year or two, but I have gotta say, I am currently on a new cable trial here is Australia, I get 100mbps, and download HD movies in a flash, in the meantime I intend on watching my flicks like this for a while to come!
883374
You get about an hour in HD. Honestly, I hate mine. I replaced it with a compact digital camera. It is not much bigger, the video quality is better, the lens has a wider angle, and I can change the SD card if the memory gets full. I have had a Vado and a Flip, and I was very disappointed with both.
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Just got mine today @ BB for $2K with no tax and 36 months same as cash. Picture looks great. Finally had to retire my 10yr old Pioneer 58" RPTV as we were at its mercy as to when we got to watch it. Decided not to pay the premium for 3D. Had my eye on this set for about 6 months. Just happened to get serious about it and they happened to have one in stock locally. Now I've got to get a Blue Ray player. Cox HD is looking great right now though. Calibration came free with it as well. We'll see in a couple months whether that is worth anything.
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2.0. I watch mp4 concerts on it no problem.Haven't watched a reg movie though