Is DLP Television picture quality usually poor at standard resolutions?

Question

I purchased a SamSung DLP HLT5076S refurbished with 10,000:1 contrast ratio. As soon as I go it out of the box, I noticed the on screen menu was blurry. I have standard digital cable, and standard DVD. All exhibit slight double images, blurryness, lines and a lot of rainbow affects. Samsung technician came out and said, yup, this is what you should expect with standard digital and DVD. Said, the only way to get any quality out of the TV was to us Blue Ray or HD signals. My stand tube TV displays a picture with same signals as nice and crisp. My question is, is this what I should expect from a DLP, or do you think something is wrong with my DLP television? It the answer is yes, and given the fact that I watch standard digital and DVDs most often, then I will need to return it.

Answer 1

How big is your tv tube that looks so great with Std resolution? Maybe 27", or 32"? Std resolution was designed to display properly on a 19" tv.

How big is your DLP? 56"? More? You are taking a resolution designed for a 19" tv, and enlarging it about 3x.

Yes, it's going to look pretty crappy, no matter what. My guides look like crap on my 50" RP-LCD. DVDs, however, should look pretty darn good, especially recent movies. HD, obviously, is going to be stunning.

Answer 2

If you are stepping from a 27" or 36", your 50" will be grainy. You really need to see the set in it's native resolution before passing judgment. The native resolution is likely 1080i, which you will get only off air, or via satellite, or cable.

The set is having to up-convert the 480i signal to the highest resolution possible, usually 720p, which will make the picture grainy, and have shadows. This is largely due to the resolution conversion being done by the set. They do okay, but are not at their best with the lower resolution signal.

I have noticed this happening with my Samsung set, but when I give it a 1080i signal, it goes to town with that. Remember, when we go digital, we will have a native resolution of at least 720p, so your set will look better after the analog signal is gone.

As for the DVD player, do you have it hooked up using the component inputs (red/green/blue for video---red/white for audio)? If not, do it. This will get your resolution up to near 720p, and should greatly improve your performance even from a standard DVD player.

Answer 3

If the onscreen menu is blurry, that pretty much tells you everything you need to know. Your set needs some professional adjustment. Shouldn't be terribly expensive but not anything I recommend a consumer to try on his own.

A technician that says, yep, that's just the way it is, is a tech who's just smart enough to be stupid.

While you can look at an SD image and an HD image side by side and see a noticeable difference, DLP should still look crisp at standard definition. Personally, I'd raise hell with the service company.

Answer 4

It has not something to do with DLP or Plasma or lcd technologies. time-honored def is 70 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous technologies. It became into designed to fill a 9-inch black and white reveal. DVD - is a famous way of storing this previous-college video. Like observing a newspaper under a magnifying glass - once you play time-honored def on a severe selection reveal you notice the noise, grain, tough edges, vulnerable colours, and so on that became into the top of technologies in 1948. you are able to desire to plug in an antenna and characteristic the television test for HD stations and improve your cable provider to HD to take exhilaration in what that television can do. (I even have 2 DLP televisions and a Plasma. All look like crap with time-honored def and all look outstanding while calibrated and fed genuine HD alerts).

Answer 5

If anything, DVD's should look very good with no double imaging. ( I am assuming you are using component video with progressive scan). I would be concerned if DVD's didn't look good on your set.

Also, If you can see the rainbow effect now, you will also see it with HD programming so if it bothers you, you should return the set.