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Originally Posted by Andy C
I agree. The difference in the SD picture hit me in the face as soon as the TiVo was first booted up. The SD picture is very soft whereas with the SA V+ is was crisp and some higher bitrate shows on the likes on the BBC almost looked HD in quality. Infact with the V+ some people could hardly tell the difference between SD and HD on my set. I currently have Panasonics flagship 42" plasma so it's not like I've got a cheap, inferior TV.
Even watching downloaded xvids streamed via the PS3 which it upscales to 1080p are so much sharper than the SD on TiVo.
It's the only downside of the box, otherwise it's a great bit of kit.
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Has anybody determined whether the Tivo box has the chip set to upscaling and it is activated in the software? I really do wonder about this since I used to read here that VM pushed the upscaling of V+ and how good it was when there was only BBC HD on VM.
With Tivo, there is evidence that this advantage has gone and VM have shot themselves in the foot, as there are plenty of SD channels with good programmes out there so it will be very clear to new Tivo users. Like Andy, BBC1 SD looks very high quality on my SA V+ box that my wife doesn't see what all the fuss is about with HD. That view will soon change when I get a Tivo box but that is hardly positive on VM!!
This doesn’t seem to be an issue of the TV as wasn't there with the SA/Samsung V+ boxes, but something seems to just not be there with the Tivo? There have just been too many posts saying the SD PQ is not as good on the Tivo.