Help required for Picture Settings

[shreyaskini]

Hey guys i just bought a Toshiba 39inch P2305 and the SD channels on the tv look fuzzy n its just like watching 360p videos on youtube Is there something that i can do to make it look better? I know that there's no way to make the PQ look as good as a CRT and i'm not expecting it but there has to be some way to make it a little better with some proper picture settings and i want help This is my first HDTV and so far the experience hasn't been great..

 

[sandesh1978]

Hey guys i just bought a Toshiba 39inch P2305 and the SD channels on the tv look fuzzy n its just like watching 360p videos on youtube Is there something that i can do to make it look better? I know that there's no way to make the PQ look as good as a CRT and i'm not expecting it but there has to be some way to make it a little better with some proper picture settings and i want help This is my first HDTV and so far the experience hasn't been great..

Good to know that u know that hdtv can not match crt tv pic for sd viewing.. For improving pic, pic the sharpnessto zero and color temperature to warm...

 

[invisible]

get tata sky.. sd channels look best in tata sky

 

[BOSS8055]

First thing first. Are you using a DTH? If so then is it a HD connection? If YES then are you connecting tv and stb by HDMI cable or not? Even if your connection is not HD, some operators like Reliance RDTV STBs have component cable support. If this is your case, try with component cable. Final thing is SETTINGS. Did you try fiddling with them to make the out put best? Service engineer while installing, did he adjust settings to suit your requirement.If using analogue cable signals, get rid of that connection.

Coming to DTH selection 5 things are to be considered
1.PICTURE QUALITY: HD channels look more or less same on all DTH. What matters is SD picture quality. SD channels look best on Reliance RDTV followed by Airtel, Tata Sky, Videocon DTH...
2.AUDIO: Airtel is the champ. Tata sky closely follows. Videocon also good. Reliance doesn't provide 5.1ch on HD channels.
3.ADDING CHANNELS & EXISTING CHANNEL COUNT: Videocon followed by Tata sky and Airtel. Reliance is hopeless.
4.VALUE FOR MONEY: Videocon, Sun, Reliance in any order. Rest are expensive on their rentals.
5.ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE:
AIRTEL:You get best Universal remote. Less interrupted by rain than Reliance and Videocon D2H.
VIDEOCON D2H:RF Remote with newer set top boxes offers flexibility in pointing directions. Long term packs are available up to 5 years which offer great value. Offers DOLBY DIGITAL on HDMI unlike rest of them who offer by Optical cable...so helpful for AVRs with ARC. Also no need to buy an optic cable which is expensive.
RELIANCE: Component cable support even in a SD set top box technically gives you HD quality. So you don't need to upgrade for better results.
TATA SKY: offering 3D movies though for a pay by SBS.

NOTE: Didn't discuss about SUN (which is very affordable but poor PQ) and DISH TV (whose PQ is as bad as SUN but prohibitively expensive rentals) as I don't own any of the both.
SOURCE: 2 RDTV+ 1 D2H+ 1 ADTV at my place and 2 ADTV+ 3 TATA SKY at my inlaws place.

 

[Naturelover]

VIDEOCON D2H: Offers DOLBY DIGITAL on HDMI unlike rest of them who offer by Optical cable...so helpful for AVRs with ARC. Also no need to buy an optic cable which is expensive.

Small correction. Tatasky also has DD via HDMI.

 

[invisible]

First thing first. Are you using a DTH? If so then is it a HD connection? If YES then are you connecting tv and stb by HDMI cable or not? Even if your connection is not HD, some operators like Reliance RDTV STBs have component cable support. If this is your case, try with component cable. Final thing is SETTINGS. Did you try fiddling with them to make the out put best? Service engineer while installing, did he adjust settings to suit your requirement.If using analogue cable signals, get rid of that connection.

Coming to DTH selection 5 things are to be considered
1.PICTURE QUALITY: HD channels look more or less same on all DTH. What matters is SD picture quality. SD channels look best on Reliance RDTV followed by Airtel, Tata Sky, Videocon DTH...
2.AUDIO: Airtel is the champ. Tata sky closely follows. Videocon also good. Reliance doesn't provide 5.1ch on HD channels.
3.ADDING CHANNELS & EXISTING CHANNEL COUNT: Videocon followed by Tata sky and Airtel. Reliance is hopeless.
4.VALUE FOR MONEY: Videocon, Sun, Reliance in any order. Rest are expensive on their rentals.
5.ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE:
AIRTEL:You get best Universal remote. Less interrupted by rain than Reliance and Videocon D2H.
VIDEOCON D2H:RF Remote with newer set top boxes offers flexibility in pointing directions. Long term packs are available up to 5 years which offer great value. Offers DOLBY DIGITAL on HDMI unlike rest of them who offer by Optical cable...so helpful for AVRs with ARC. Also no need to buy an optic cable which is expensive.
RELIANCE: Component cable support even in a SD set top box technically gives you HD quality. So you don't need to upgrade for better results.
TATA SKY: offering 3D movies though for a pay by SBS.

NOTE: Didn't discuss about SUN (which is very affordable but poor PQ) and DISH TV (whose PQ is as bad as SUN but prohibitively expensive rentals) as I don't own any of the both.
SOURCE: 2 RDTV+ 1 D2H+ 1 ADTV at my place and 2 ADTV+ 3 TATA SKY at my inlaws place.

no no no

i have reliance before with component cable ..quality sucked lot

now i shifted to tata sky HD with HDMI cable .. now sd channels look superb comparable to hd channels.. my some sd channels(gemini) overblow hd channels..

also ur opinions will vary depending on location.. for example ur inlaws might have signal strength of 40%..so u get bad quality .. so dont generalise opinions..

always choose tata sky ..donno about airtel..

in my w950 tv .. tata sky hd channels .. i get 5.1 sound .. and in sony tv sound settings i keep compressed audio... then i get best result .. so audio quality u hear will depend on ur inlaws tv settings also..

for video settings.. first in reliance i kept .. cinema mode..it gave best watchable result for sd channels

but in tata sky.. in general mode itself it gave hd type quality.. no need to switch to cinema mode..

i will post best settings for sony w950a with tata sky soon.

also in tata sky u can add single channels out of pakage.. in reliance u cant do that.. u have to buy whole pack for single channel.

tata sky has 1080i .. airtel hd has 1080p .. but anyway 1080i will be deinterlanced by tv to 1080p.

 

[shreyaskini]

First thing first. Are you using a DTH? If so then is it a HD connection? If YES then are you connecting tv and stb by HDMI cable or not? Even if your connection is not HD, some operators like Reliance RDTV STBs have component cable support. If this is your case, try with component cable. Final thing is SETTINGS. Did you try fiddling with them to make the out put best? Service engineer while installing, did he adjust settings to suit your requirement.If using analogue cable signals, get rid of that connection.

Coming to DTH selection 5 things are to be considered
1.PICTURE QUALITY: HD channels look more or less same on all DTH. What matters is SD picture quality. SD channels look best on Reliance RDTV followed by Airtel, Tata Sky, Videocon DTH...
2.AUDIO: Airtel is the champ. Tata sky closely follows. Videocon also good. Reliance doesn't provide 5.1ch on HD channels.
3.ADDING CHANNELS & EXISTING CHANNEL COUNT: Videocon followed by Tata sky and Airtel. Reliance is hopeless.
4.VALUE FOR MONEY: Videocon, Sun, Reliance in any order. Rest are expensive on their rentals.
5.ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE:
AIRTEL:You get best Universal remote. Less interrupted by rain than Reliance and Videocon D2H.
VIDEOCON D2H:RF Remote with newer set top boxes offers flexibility in pointing directions. Long term packs are available up to 5 years which offer great value. Offers DOLBY DIGITAL on HDMI unlike rest of them who offer by Optical cable...so helpful for AVRs with ARC. Also no need to buy an optic cable which is expensive.
RELIANCE: Component cable support even in a SD set top box technically gives you HD quality. So you don't need to upgrade for better results.
TATA SKY: offering 3D movies though for a pay by SBS.

NOTE: Didn't discuss about SUN (which is very affordable but poor PQ) and DISH TV (whose PQ is as bad as SUN but prohibitively expensive rentals) as I don't own any of the both.
SOURCE: 2 RDTV+ 1 D2H+ 1 ADTV at my place and 2 ADTV+ 3 TATA SKY at my inlaws place.

its connected to DEN SD cable box n i'm never ever going to get a dth connection after a really bad experience with dishtv.. pq seems ok now but still the problem is there in sports channels and entertainment channels! The players face looks just how it looks while watching a 240p video i can live with it but do check if my settings are correct.. i'll send u a pic of the settings

 

[shreyaskini]

Good to know that u know that hdtv can not match crt tv pic for sd viewing.. For improving pic, pic the sharpnessto zero and color temperature to warm...

it did make the pic look a bit better but evrything looks yellowish n my dad is not liking it so i'm sticking to natural/cool.. the prob is with fast moving objects(football especially) n i can't see the letters that appear on ads

 

[anindya82]

it did make the pic look a bit better but evrything looks yellowish n my dad is not liking it so i'm sticking to natural/cool.. the prob is with fast moving objects(football especially) n i can't see the letters that appear on ads

Hi,
did you get the problem resolved?I was planning to buy a Toshiba led and I am worried about sd channel viewing since we use a sd set top box of siti cable(non DTH)..please suggest

 

[tijokjoy]

Hi,
I'm in a similar situation, but Got most out of it thru the TV settings & Viewing distance but i would like to have a help if it improves the viewing experience

First thing first. Are you using a DTH?

Yes Airtel DTH

If so then is it a HD connection?

No Non HD

If YES then are you connecting tv and stb by HDMI cable or not?

Does connecting the TV to Settop box thru HDMI improve picture quality

Even if your connection is not HD, some operators like Reliance RDTV STBs have component cable support. If this is your case, try with component cable. Final thing is SETTINGS..

Component cable means is it the Red white yellow connection you mentioning?

I'm planing to move to the HD, just to view the sports channels, Is it worth continuing in Airtel HD or do i need to try some other?
So does the SD channels are better if i move to the HD set top box?

 

[akshay380]

So does the SD channels are better if i move to the HD set top box?

IMO, yes. My eyes can make out the difference.