Greg_M
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Ive just deen and bought a samsung LCD and im not that impressed, the picture looks if anything worse than my last TV
is there any way to 'set up' the tv, as the instructions are shit
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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What model?, look on the av forums.
Someone mentioned that they are not set up best out of the box on the factory settings.
After a few tweeks can be very good.
I just bought a 46" M86 today 
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
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flat screen pictures are just not as good as an old skool tube, thats just the way it is. and why hd is here!
give the tv a few weeks to "run in" just like a new car... it really does make a difference
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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What was your "last tv"?
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
flat screen pictures are just not as good as an old skool tube, thats just the way it is. and why hd is here!
give the tv a few weeks to "run in" just like a new car... it really does make a difference
er what he does have a hd tv 
And what are you actully running through the tv, dont forget most things with a scart connection, e.g old ntlboxes, skyboxes, older consoles ect wont look very good lcd just dont do well with older scart connections ect.
My NTL box looks worse on my hd tv than it did on my old tube, hence why im getting the V+ box in.
And like some one said with a bit of tweeking they can look a lot better.
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kz
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quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
quote:
Originally posted by kz
flat screen pictures are just not as good as an old skool tube, thats just the way it is. and why hd is here!
give the tv a few weeks to "run in" just like a new car... it really does make a difference
er what he does have a hd tv
well yeah... but it doesnt sound like hes running anything in hd! i have an hd tv but dont have anything hd, therefore it only runs in sd for me
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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are you running standard def signals through it? if so of course it will look worse than your old tv 
[Edited on 05-05-2007 by Steve]
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
are you running standard def signals through it? if so of course it will look worse than your old tv
[Edited on 05-05-2007 by Steve]
But other than get Sky HD, what are people supposed to do?
I'm looking at getting a 32" soonish, but things like this put me off.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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im running standard def through my lcd and yes it looks a bit worse than SD through my old tube, but i put up with it fine, dont even notice now
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
are you running standard def signals through it? if so of course it will look worse than your old tv
[Edited on 05-05-2007 by Steve]
But other than get Sky HD, what are people supposed to do?
I'm looking at getting a 32" soonish, but things like this put me off.
a lot of things can be improved with a decent connection, for instance upgrading ps2 to component cable leaves it looking great.
Or just upgrade everything to hd thats what im doing lol.
That said you can get cheap dvd players with hdmi connection ect.
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James
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But how can you upgrade everything to HD?
If you want to watch normal TV for example, the only channel in HD is BBC HD.
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by James
But how can you upgrade everything to HD?
If you want to watch normal TV for example, the only channel in HD is BBC HD.
yup but the sky hd box or the V+ box depending on which service you run uses a decent connection to begin with so improves the picture on every channel.
Not speaking from experience about the sky box but it works wonders on all the channels with the v+ box.
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ssj_kakarot
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and tbf its not that bad, like steve mentioned its not that noticble unless yur specifically looking for flaws.
i used scart on my ntl box for months and was more than happy with it, just dont play gamecube with hd tvs its god awfull lol.
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
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i only bought an lcd as i wanted to wall mount... id say most people on here have 360 or PS3 so hd dvd or blu ray is out there for you as well. as for sd... well digital is a great improvement on analogue, so if youre new to digital then youll be happy!
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
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The V+ box is amazing, SD images look HD on alot of channels. More than impressed
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