Cable Forum - View Single Post

nialli · 27-06-2011, 22:27

I don't think I'd call the TiVo's SD picture "dreadful" or "terrible" - it's a little softer than the V+ to my eyes but nowhere near as dire as has been suggested by some posters. It's better with the 720p setting than the 1080i if that helps.
I still think it's superior to the Sky+ HD box's SD handling and is certainly influenced by the bit-rate of the source material. I've been watching BBC3's Glastonbury coverage over the weekend and it looked fine and I'm frequently watching BBC4 and not noticing the PQ being particular poor. Of the SD I've seen of late, only 5USA (home of the excellent Justified) looked too soft to my eyes, but that looks even worse on Freeview. It's criminal that such excellent TV isn't being shown on 5HD instead...

27-06-2011, 22:27	#384
nialli Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Greenwich, SE10 Services: Sky Stream, Sky broadband Posts: 865	Re: TiVo Picture Quality I don't think I'd call the TiVo's SD picture "dreadful" or "terrible" - it's a little softer than the V+ to my eyes but nowhere near as dire as has been suggested by some posters. It's better with the 720p setting than the 1080i if that helps. I still think it's superior to the Sky+ HD box's SD handling and is certainly influenced by the bit-rate of the source material. I've been watching BBC3's Glastonbury coverage over the weekend and it looked fine and I'm frequently watching BBC4 and not noticing the PQ being particular poor. Of the SD I've seen of late, only 5USA (home of the excellent Justified) looked too soft to my eyes, but that looks even worse on Freeview. It's criminal that such excellent TV isn't being shown on 5HD instead...