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markie581 · 27-04-2006, 13:24

Hello,

I apologise from the start, but I am a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to new technology....... but here goes.

I have recently had TV drive installed, and have conected it to my Samsung LE32R51BD HD ready TV, via the HDMI cable supplied by the engineer. I have to say that the picture displayed by the standard chanels (BBC, ITV etc) is very poor, with pixelation around words and smaller items. Even the HDef content is nothing compared to the standard I saw when I bought the TV in the shop. I have tried altering the contrast/ brightness etc, to no effect. I now have to try and justify spending a grand on a TV to the missus, for a picture that is worse that our original TV and older Telewest box... I know that the content displayed by the terestrial channels is no where near as good as Hdef content, by for an LCD TV connected via HDMI, you would expect a clearer picture (I hope). I have noticed that when you press the menu page that brings up the Telewest options, the smaller picture displayed to the right is crystal clear.
Could anybody answer the following questions?

1. Will a more expensive HDMI cable improve the picture from the one displayed now?

2. Is my TV just rubbish?

Thanks for reading......

27-04-2006, 13:24	#1
markie581 Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2	New TV drive and Samsung HDTV Hello, I apologise from the start, but I am a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to new technology....... but here goes. I have recently had TV drive installed, and have conected it to my Samsung LE32R51BD HD ready TV, via the HDMI cable supplied by the engineer. I have to say that the picture displayed by the standard chanels (BBC, ITV etc) is very poor, with pixelation around words and smaller items. Even the HDef content is nothing compared to the standard I saw when I bought the TV in the shop. I have tried altering the contrast/ brightness etc, to no effect. I now have to try and justify spending a grand on a TV to the missus, for a picture that is worse that our original TV and older Telewest box... I know that the content displayed by the terestrial channels is no where near as good as Hdef content, by for an LCD TV connected via HDMI, you would expect a clearer picture (I hope). I have noticed that when you press the menu page that brings up the Telewest options, the smaller picture displayed to the right is crystal clear. Could anybody answer the following questions? 1. Will a more expensive HDMI cable improve the picture from the one displayed now? 2. Is my TV just rubbish? Thanks for reading......