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Perfect Choice · 28-02-2011, 08:39

This Tivo SD issue should be straight forward. If you had a SA/Samsung HD box before and have not changed TV, then replacing your box with a Tivo shouldn’t reduce PQ, unless it is a case of settings by default not being the best for your TV so you have to adjust.

There is going to be plenty of SD programmes for several years to come even on channels who have HD channel options.

I’ve read posts that even after trying all screen options, new owners of Tivo cannot get a good quality SD picture compared to what they has before with SA/Samsung so this can only be a Tivo box issue. There have been other posts here saying the picture isn’t worse than what they had before so seems to be a mixed issue still.

Like another poster here, I find the SD upscaling on my SA V+ to be excellent and on channels like SD BBC1 I’ve had to check that I am not on channel 108 for HD BBC1 as the picture quality has been so good, my wife even comments that she does not see why people rave about HD when the picture is so good on SD when upscaled!

The last thing I want therefore is the Tivo box to look inferior with “fuzzy or soft” pictures which is certainly not the case today with my SA V+ box. While I have read a few posts on this thread saying there picture is not worse that what they had before, the fact that there is a mixed reaction to this indicates there could be an issue here.

I really think this needs to be fed back to VM to check. I thought this new Cisco box was their latest media center solution and would certainly have an adequate chip set to deliver good quality upscaling.

I have a Sony HX803 TV which gives me a fantastic picture (1080i seemed best for me on SA V+ settings) so any shortfall in this Tivo box will be spotted if true. The box will have to go back if true as I cannot contemplate a reduction in picture quality being remotely acceptable in our house hold. I noticed somebody else with a Sony TV said they were happy with the picture so fingers crossed!

This is the first time I’ve had doubts buying the Tivo as you can have as many features as you like, but if the picture is worse, then that is not good enough. In fact if this is the case, then the only way to get greater HDD storage today would be to move to Sky if their Sky+ box has better PQ (haven’t researched yet) and I would never have thought I would even be thinking of that!

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Perfect Choice cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nottingham Services: Maxit TV, M phone, 200MB BB, V6 TIVO, Super Hub3 Posts: 701	Re: TiVo This Tivo SD issue should be straight forward. If you had a SA/Samsung HD box before and have not changed TV, then replacing your box with a Tivo shouldn’t reduce PQ, unless it is a case of settings by default not being the best for your TV so you have to adjust. There is going to be plenty of SD programmes for several years to come even on channels who have HD channel options. I’ve read posts that even after trying all screen options, new owners of Tivo cannot get a good quality SD picture compared to what they has before with SA/Samsung so this can only be a Tivo box issue. There have been other posts here saying the picture isn’t worse than what they had before so seems to be a mixed issue still. Like another poster here, I find the SD upscaling on my SA V+ to be excellent and on channels like SD BBC1 I’ve had to check that I am not on channel 108 for HD BBC1 as the picture quality has been so good, my wife even comments that she does not see why people rave about HD when the picture is so good on SD when upscaled! The last thing I want therefore is the Tivo box to look inferior with “fuzzy or soft” pictures which is certainly not the case today with my SA V+ box. While I have read a few posts on this thread saying there picture is not worse that what they had before, the fact that there is a mixed reaction to this indicates there could be an issue here. I really think this needs to be fed back to VM to check. I thought this new Cisco box was their latest media center solution and would certainly have an adequate chip set to deliver good quality upscaling. I have a Sony HX803 TV which gives me a fantastic picture (1080i seemed best for me on SA V+ settings) so any shortfall in this Tivo box will be spotted if true. The box will have to go back if true as I cannot contemplate a reduction in picture quality being remotely acceptable in our house hold. I noticed somebody else with a Sony TV said they were happy with the picture so fingers crossed! This is the first time I’ve had doubts buying the Tivo as you can have as many features as you like, but if the picture is worse, then that is not good enough. In fact if this is the case, then the only way to get greater HDD storage today would be to move to Sky if their Sky+ box has better PQ (haven’t researched yet) and I would never have thought I would even be thinking of that!