Standard Definition Quality? How does the tc-PXXGT50 tv fair when viewing SD programs/channels?
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Personaly because this tv is so revealing, it doesn't look very good. On hd contnet it looks realy sharp but on lesser stuff not so good. The other night I was watching my favorite actress jessica alba in the eye from 2008 and it really looked horrible because it was in standard def. If your going to get a tv like this and spend this much, you need to put the best quality input into it.
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I tend to only watch HD content (which is breathtaking on the GT50) but occasionally I pop in Spongebob for my kiddo and it looks as good as it can given that it's not HD. It's not the TV's fault, obviously. SD is going to look SD on any TV. The bigger the screen size, the more noticeable the SD content will be. When sitting 12-15 feet away, Spongebob looks fine in SD. Right up close to the TV it looks like poo. But who watches this size screen from a foot away? ;) The Wii also suffers from this because it has no HD option. Other than the occasional non-HD DVD and the Wii, everything we view on the TV is HD and it's awesomely beautiful. I tend to only watch HD content (which is breathtaking on the GT50) but occasionally I pop in Spongebob for my kiddo and it looks as good as it can given that it's not HD. It's not the TV's fault, obviously. SD is going to look SD on any TV. The bigger the screen size, the more noticeable the SD content will be. When sitting 12-15 feet away, Spongebob looks fine in SD. Right up close to the TV it looks like poo. But who watches this size screen from a foot away? ;) The Wii also suffers from this because it has no HD option. Other than the occasional non-HD DVD and the Wii, everything we... » Read More I tend to only watch HD content (which is breathtaking on the GT50) but occasionally I pop in Spongebob for my kiddo and it looks as good as it can given that it's not HD. It's not the TV's fault, obviously. SD is going to look SD on any TV. The bigger the screen size, the more noticeable the SD content will be. When sitting 12-15 feet away, Spongebob looks fine in SD. Right up close to the TV it looks like poo. But who watches this size screen from a foot away? ;) The Wii also suffers from this because it has no HD option. Other than the occasional non-HD DVD and the Wii, everything we view on the TV is HD and it's awesomely beautiful. « Show Less
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I haven't watched much SD content but occasionally we watch the local news or a DVD and I think the quality is fine, actually quite a bit better looking than my old S2 model was with SD sources.
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I was at Sam's Club the other day and did a side by side comparison of a 32-in 1080p and 720p playing the exact same programming. I felt I could tell a difference in the HD programming. The 720p had less details in the skin tones than the 1080p.
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Toshiba 40UX600U 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV with Net TV (Black Gloss) I just received the set and I cannot use the usb or the SD card reader to play mp3 files or any movie files ONLY jpeg. What's up with that?
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Thanks drhey19, this is very helpful. I am thinking of buying a second unit and I thought they booth looked like the same thing. (I was worried because the DTVPal disappeared from the market for a long time.)
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I believe it is. I think the HD in the name/description (....HD VHF/UHF means high definition VHF/UHF). Their pictures are as clear as my Hi-def pictures via DSL streaming.
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I'd like to see some pictures from others as well. My 48" TCL's picture is so incredibly grainy, it's distracting. A HD TV shouldnt look like this when displaying 1080 content.
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All the antenna transmissions are HD. My picture looks better then cable or any choice of dish. A guy came to my door trying to sell Directtv and I invited him in to see the picture and he couldn't believe it. He had no idea that HD could be received with an antenna.
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It has both a QAM tuner, used for digital cable tuning, and an ATSC tuner, for digital over-the-air antenna broadcasts. No it is not an Amazon screw-up. It is the mfg, if anyone, QAM is not on the box. Most people don't know or care what the technical name is for tuner types. They want to know if it is digital period. Another hidden piece of information; standard digital DVD players and recorders are not HD (high definition) 720 or 1080 resolution. They are SD (standard defintion) 480 only. DVDs that internally convert the 480 signal to fit an HDTV 16:9 wide screen is why you will see 1080p upconversion plastered all over DVD player boxes. No better picture(higher resolution) is gained in upconverted process. It is still a 480 lower quality standard definition picture. Only BlueRay Players/Recorders can play/record in true HD 1080i resolution. There are BlueRay recorders on the market now, but they are expensive and do not have HD Tuners I don't believe.
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I've had the TV for almost a month now and I love my TV, I see no discrepancies whatsoever and even though it takes a while to get used to (I.e. Microphone, apps, etc.) the viewing and the screen is flawless (knock on wood ;P) hope this helps!
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All HDTVs have the same quality through SD. You'll be able to see the broadcast but not clearly. If you go to a friend's house that has an HDTV broadcasting SD and go to another place with HDTV and SD, you'll see it's basically the same, pixelated quality. Hope this helps. It's not all that bad though but it's definitely not worth getting an HDTV if you plan to use only SD. You can try this out. Good luck!
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it has both a digital and an analog tuner. You should have no problems providing the channels are in the clear. IE - not scrambled. I have two of these units (500G, 1T) and they work famously w/ Time-Warner. Only wish they would accept cable cards.
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This DVR receives and displays high definition cable and over-air signals (aka QAM and ATSC). But the (live) displayed definition quality is not high def, eg 1080i or 720p. It would be better to term the display definition as "DVD quality". Simply, it is the quality one would expect from a DVD. This quality is less than high def but much better than standard def. The average viewer would be hard pressed to discern the difference between a 720p picture and a DVD quality picture.For recordings, best to use "HQ" quality setting for high def picture sources and "SP" quality for standard def picture sources. This DVR receives and displays high definition cable and over-air signals (aka QAM and ATSC). But the (live) displayed definition quality is not high def, eg 1080i or 720p. It would be better to term the display definition as "DVD quality". Simply, it is the quality one would expect from a DVD. This quality is less than high def but much better than standard def. The average viewer would be hard pressed to discern the difference between a 720p picture and a DVD quality picture.For recordings, best to use "HQ" quality setting for high def picture sources and... » Read More This DVR receives and displays high definition cable and over-air signals (aka QAM and ATSC). But the (live) displayed definition quality is not high def, eg 1080i or 720p. It would be better to term the display definition as "DVD quality". Simply, it is the quality one would expect from a DVD. This quality is less than high def but much better than standard def. The average viewer would be hard pressed to discern the difference between a 720p picture and a DVD quality picture.For recordings, best to use "HQ" quality setting for high def picture sources and "SP" quality for standard def picture sources. « Show Less
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After the Fix.. the SD channels look really good, and the HD channels are superb.. except for the PBS channel which is also in HD. The picture there look like a regular SD but it's still good.The DVD looks fantastic! Just make sure you have it in Movie mode. Well, it depends on your taste and how far you are from the TV. If you are more than 12 feet away.. Dynamic would be nice. If you're really close, 6 to 8 feet.. Movie mode will do the trick. I'm sure you'll love the T.V. It is really pretty. Good Luck!
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I've heard this models great with HD. But I'm not planning on updating the box or getting a newer generation gaming system quite yet.I currently have no TV. My goal is to find the most cost efficient TV I'll be happy with for years. In other words, one that handles SD well for now, but handles HD good enough that when I switch to it I won't feel like I should buy a newer model.
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The tuner will provide the PC the same digital transport stream that your local broadcasting company is sending. Thus there's no quality settings here. Of course it would be possible to decode the provided stream and then encode it again using any quality setting (so called transcoding), but this is not supported by the software that is included. There is free software available that you can use to later convert the recordings to different format. My local broadcaster sends SD channels that are about 400 kilobytes per second and HD channels about 1 megabyte per second.
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I think we're experiencing image burn-in on our 2 1/2-year-old 1080p LCD TV. When an HD show is on, there are now visible vertical lines marking where the sidebars of standard definition programs would be, almost as if a standard size screen were placed over the widescreen. There's also some shadowing in the top half of the standard screen area. This is most noticeable when the picture background is light colored. We had no idea this would happen. We were considering buying the Samsung model you've got, but we spend more than 5% of our TV time watching standard definition programs, and many of our DVD/Bluray movies have black bars on top and bottom. Maybe we'll just get by with our current set until the image burn-in problem is eliminated.
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What do you mean you're using the same source? If it's cable, the actual quality may vary from program to program. Make sure you are comparing it on the same quality programs (e.g. use the same talk show). Reset picture quality to factory defaults.