TiVo : TiVo Picture Quality

[HandsOfBlue]

Originally Posted by mot12

Just put samsung into google , go to samsung UK site. Then go to all lcd televisions , then click on your model i.e 46c650 then click on support for that tv then on firmware , an you will see 3008. PHEWW

Doh! Thanks

[brava210]

Surely signal level problems would cause pixellation not softening of the picture

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by brava210

Surely signal level problems would cause pixellation not softening of the picture

Not sure of this I know when they installed my TiVo they checked all the connections, BB included and all the signal levels.

So who knows what is going on?

[brava210]

But if I reconnect my V+ to the cable the TiVO is on the picture is good, so cannot be signal etc

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by brava210

But if I reconnect my V+ to the cable the TiVO is on the picture is good, so cannot be signal etc

Pass then I give up in regards to this, Sorry

[caph]

I've just had my TIVO installed this afternoon having had an SA V+. The picture quality is awful. The football on ITV SD news this evening looked like a low quality internet stream, it was virtually unwatchable. The HD is very hit and miss. Some HD channels are not too bad, others look like SD. I can't get over how much better the picture quality was on the SA V+.

I only upgraded for the 1TB so we could switch our series links to HD!

[scotmac]

Could PQ also be down to TV type as I have a 42" plasma and find the PQ better on Tivo (both SD & HD), just wondering if people with poor PQ have Lcd`s or Led`s or Plasma would be good to know

[caph]

Samsung LCD 32" about 3 years old. Pixelation on the football on ITV news was the worst I've ever seen. I just assumed upscaling would have improved since the V+ not got worse!

[devilincarnate]

With the PQ it seems like it is hit and miss with the boxes As I do not notice as I had my V-HD box changed for the TiVo?

[royaltiger]

Tivo installed today, watching with Pioneer KRP-500A isf calibrated, picture perfect as was with V+.

Originally Posted by caph

Samsung LCD 32" about 3 years old. Pixelation on the football on ITV news was the worst I've ever seen. I just assumed upscaling would have improved since the V+ not got worse!

I could be wrong but that doesn't sound the same issue as some people are reporting. They seem to describe the picture as soft rather than badly pixelated.

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

Tivo installed today, watching with Pioneer KRP-500A isf calibrated, picture perfect as was with V+.

Mine is fine too.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by scotmac

Could PQ also be down to TV type as I have a 42" plasma and find the PQ better on Tivo (both SD & HD), just wondering if people with poor PQ have Lcd`s or Led`s or Plasma would be good to know

I had a Toshiba 37" and TiVo looked great on it. Now using a 46" Samsung 3D LCD and it looks even better.

Some SD channels look poor but they also look poor on my Samsung V+.

[Lew]

Looks fine on my Sony 40" LCD as well.

[caph]

Originally Posted by ahardie

I could be wrong but that doesn't sound the same issue as some people are reporting. They seem to describe the picture as soft rather than badly pixelated.[COLOR="Silver"]

I'd say it was blurry. Soft is understating it. I'm trying to watch Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC2 at the moment but it looks more like poor quality YouTube than real TV.

I'll give it a few days. The TIVO functionality is fantastic so I'm going to give it a chance.

[caph]

It seems to be any SD, even SD broadcast on an HD channel that looks bad. The bottom line for me is that the SA V+ did a much better job with SD than Tivo does. Unfortunately it also did a better job of HD though not by as wide a margin as SD.

I'll see if I get used to it, and I'll fiddle with the TV settings in the meantime ...