Just bought new phillips 42" LCD

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Hey all!

OKay here is my problem :-) ..

Just bought a new phillips 42" PFL7403 with a HT58140 surround sound system.

My first problem is ... i have connected everything together but the quality on the tv isnt that great, i was told that i needed to buy video cables and audio cables that enhance the quailty of the DSTV. Cause at the moment its a bit blurred.. So i bought the cables and nothing has changed... dunno if i put them in wrong ?! Video cable is called " 1RCA Composite Video cable" Another problem is how do i make my surround sound work with my dstv ?:-)

Thanks for any help you can give ! cause im a lil confused :confused:
 
Green glass look?

Yep same one!! I love it..!!
 
Nice, I like... Congrats!

Regards your problem you need to research much more information. What are you connecting and what are the models?
What DSTV box do you have? You need something that can present Upscaled standard DSTV or HD content to the new screen at leasrt. Such a device is the new DSTV HDPVR + HDMI cable. The composite cables alone cannot do it for you.
 
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You've done well with the Phillips son.
Unfortunately what they dont tell you in the store is that TV looks crud on LCD, DSTV's HD simulcast may be exempt from this comment but by and large broadcast quality TV does not look good on LCD.
Test it with a DVD or even better Blu-Ray to get an accurate represaentation of what your new telly can do.
 
ziglit said:
...but the quality on the tv isnt that great, i was told that i needed to buy video cables and audio cables that enhance the quailty of the DSTV. Cause at the moment its a bit blurred.. So i bought the cables and nothing has changed... dunno if i put them in wrong ?! Video cable is called " 1RCA Composite Video cable"
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Ziglit, the cables will not really make a difference. Your LCD is stretching the image due to the fact that TV broadcasts (except DStv HD) are not in the LCD's native resolution. There should be an option in the LCD's menu to compensate for this.
 
Hey ..

Thanks for the replys, i kinda see what my problem is then.
Yea i just checked our dstv decoder model .. and its a 720i ... i think it was like the first one that ever came out haha ... so that could explain it.. so im guessing if i get a new model it will help upscale the quality a bit with the cables. Would this be correct then ?:):)
 
Not necessarily...

A new HDPVR will have at least 1 channel that outputs correctly in 16:9 format... the rest are still going to be 4:3 and be stretched by the LCD, unless you set it to show black bars down the side of the screen.

and Cables are irrelevant almost nowadays... the signal is digital so a R50 cable is likely to perform just as well as a R3000 cable.
 
darn.. So im not gnna have a clarity screen basically ;( i mean i guess its kinda clear, its just quite blurred when you look at the super sport logo on the top on the screen or the mnet logo thats how i can pick it up if its blurred.
 
you can set the screen to display in 4:3 mode... which will give you the correct aspect ratio and things won't be "blurry" but you will have black bars down the side of your screen.
 
ziglit said:
darn.. So im not gnna have a clarity screen basically ;( i mean i guess its kinda clear, its just quite blurred when you look at the super sport logo on the top on the screen or the mnet logo thats how i can pick it up if its blurred.
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We'll have to trade. You can have my 3 year Plasma. TV look smuch better on a plasma.

As a matter of fact I wouldn't buy an LCD as plasma image quality is extremely good these days.
 
I think all but the old decoders can't do surround. I had a R399.00 1110i or something with digital coaxial.

As for cables, the quality of the cable may not help *much* nowadays, but the type will. I'm not sure which your decoder has - but don't use composite. If possible, S-video, component or HDMI.

Lastly I also think plasma has the better quality overall and is more natural than LCD. However I don't like the plasma burn in - so reluctantly I'll be going the LCD route in a few months :(
 
Dolby said:
I think all but the old decoders can't do surround. I had a R399.00 1110i or something with digital coaxial.

As for cables, the quality of the cable may not help *much* nowadays, but the type will. I'm not sure which your decoder has - but don't use composite. If possible, S-video, component or HDMI.

Lastly I also think plasma has the better quality overall and is more natural than LCD. However I don't like the plasma burn in - so reluctantly I'll be going the LCD route in a few months :(
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Just get a plasma with image shift or picture shift or whatever it's called. The image rotates moving about 1 pixel every few minutes. You can't even notice it.

A friend of mine bout the 50" 1080p LG Plasma the other day. That picture is unbelieveable.
 
I think you may be complaining about the same thing as me. It is an analog vs digital problem you suffering from.
You useing the AV inputs to play stuff and that is never going to look good on these TV's. Digital only (hdmi) is the way to go.

http://www.yellow-mini.co.za/blog/

Sorry, not repeating myself. check link above.

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JUGGY said:
Just get a plasma with image shift or picture shift or whatever it's called. The image rotates moving about 1 pixel every few minutes. You can't even notice it.

A friend of mine bout the 50" 1080p LG Plasma the other day. That picture is unbelieveable.
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I have that image shift function ... it doesn't work fully. I still see lots of image retention. I'd love to compare to another plasma

Plus I use quite a few static images on screen (Xbox, PS3, TViX media player, PC) and I'd be comfortable knowing it won't burn in.
 
I went to New World in Menlyn, there is this room where they put about 6/7 Plasmas and the aircon doesn't work. The place is flippin hot. Plasmas come in handy in winter.
 
Dolby said:
I think all but the old decoders can't do surround. I had a R399.00 1110i or something with digital coaxial.

As for cables, the quality of the cable may not help *much* nowadays, but the type will. I'm not sure which your decoder has - but don't use composite. If possible, S-video, component or HDMI.

Lastly I also think plasma has the better quality overall and is more natural than LCD. However I don't like the plasma burn in - so reluctantly I'll be going the LCD route in a few months :(
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Burn-in is a non-issue with the most plasmas currently on the market. This was a factor with the first-gen panels that came out a few years ago, which has since been rectified.

LCDs can also suffer from this problem by the way...
 
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