Poor Picture Quality

Dean_Safc_90 · 22-03-2007, 17:14

I know this has probably been asked before but the picture quality i get from my V+HD box is terrible. i have a panasonic 32" TV and i connect through the HDMI cable, ive tryed setting it too 720 and 1080 but they are both the same. could i just have a dodgy box or is the picture supposed to be like this?

martin42h · 22-03-2007, 18:55

I have a Panasonic 26" on my V+ and HD & SD pictures are excellent. I have the V+ output set to 1080.
How is the picture bad? On all channels?

Dean_Safc_90 · 23-03-2007, 08:10

yes all channel are preety bad some more than others, they always seems to be a fuzzy-ness around the people in the picture or if they is text they is a fuzzy-ness around that.

coolea96 · 23-03-2007, 22:51

i have the same issue with an L&G 37" both in HDMI and Scart ... the picture quality is poor - so i usually end up watching stuff via the freeview channels

24-03-2007, 08:31

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Originally Posted by coolea96

i have the same issue with an L&G 37" both in HDMI and Scart ... the picture quality is poor - so i usually end up watching stuff via the freeview channels

The picture quality over HDMI should be great. Have you contacted faults?

co103 · 24-03-2007, 16:41

Dean - I have exactly the same on my 50" LG through my V+. I have been informed that as mine is only on selected channels (ie Sky Sports) that this is due to the quality of downstream supplied to VM. I may well have been mis-informed. Does yours appear on ALL channels, or selective like me?

Dean_Safc_90 · 25-03-2007, 09:46

mine is on all channels. i rang virgin up and they told me because your putting it through the HDMI lead and your not watching a HD channel it will look poor, so he told me to put it through Scart and that it will look better but its even worse through scart then through HDMI.

mdmcholet · 30-03-2007, 11:16

We have a standard samsung box installed end of Dec - and a 42" Hitachi HD (7500) plasma and the picture is really crap, the guy that installed said a better scart lead might help.

We only watch VM TV for on demand when we miss something.

So thinking of upgrading at some stage to the V+ box if it makes watching the TV service bareable.

delfokronic · 30-03-2007, 18:55

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Originally Posted by Dean_Safc_90

mine is on all channels. i rang virgin up and they told me because your putting it through the HDMI lead and your not watching a HD channel it will look poor, so he told me to put it through Scart and that it will look better but its even worse through scart then through HDMI.

Technically if your using V+ box through HDMI the pic should be better on almost all channels because the box can upscale to 1080i(so they say). so why they are telling you a scart lead is better is beyond me. sounds like a "get the customer of the phone because i dont have a clue what the problem is" answer to me.

my box is coming in a little under 2 weeks and i'm starting to worry.

30-03-2007, 20:37

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Originally Posted by delfokronic

Technically if your using V+ box through HDMI the pic should be better on almost all channels because the box can upscale to 1080i(so they say).

You are quite right. And as I have said before the upscaled picture looks superb on my panasonic 42px60 (42" plasma). Last night, I tried swapping between BBC1 and BBC HD while Hotel Babylon was on and to my eyes there was not a great difference, the pq on both channels was superb. This is totally contrary to what I expected when I bought the tv, I expected upscaling to be a bit of a gimmick. If I compare the upscaled V+ SD with freeview the difference in my opinion is greater.
This is why I haven't joined the clamour for more HD channels. More HD material would be nice but I think the money would be better used elsewhere for now.
This is just my opinion I would love to hear what other V+ users think. Maybe I just need stronger glasses

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