How can I make the pic quality better on my HDTV? I am using a normal digital reciever, and the quality sucks.

Answer 1

Well it depends what you are feeding it!

If you are feeding your HDTV with a diet of SD programming -- you know, the old standard cable stuff -- you have just succeeded in feeding a 480 line picture (480 dots high) to a display designed to show 720 or 1080 lines.

In simple terms this spread out the dots that make up the picture over a larger distance, so each is bigger on the bigger screen, and therefore more blocky. See the link for an explanation.

You are not alone, a high % of consumers believe that buying an HDTV gives an HD picture. Not true, you have to feed it the right food ... in this case an HD signal (you must use an off the air HD antenna or subscribe to HD Cable or satellite programming). It's kind of like putting low octane gas in a car designed for high test ... it will run, but sure won't perform.

Now, if the same thing happens with your DVD player it could be due to several things.

You mention "a normal digital receiver". It's not clear whether you are referring to an A/V receiver or a cable / satellite receiver. If the former see below re using the right connections. If the latter, see above re needing HD programming.

First, recognize that DVD is again a 480 line signal, and the HDTV will try to scale it up to fill the screen, but at best it won't look too much better than an SD TV signal does.

And it can be made worse by using the wrong connector. Don't use the yellow RCA plug, or the S-video jack. Use the red/gree/blue triple wire (component) connection or digital connections (DVI or HDMI) if your player and TV have them.

Also be sure to use a progressive signal if your DVD player supports that (called 480p) -- most do.

Finally, if you want a better picture from your DVDs upgrade the player to a good "upscaling DVD player" (some cost less, but you would be wasting your money if you buy one for less than $100).

I can't be more specifric without knowing exactly what you are using and how it's connected, but the above should give you some ideas.

Answer 2

Yes it makes a difference, unless you are sure those pictures will only be used web site posting or email. Even if you know you will printing to a 4 X 6 it is still worth recording in the highest quality. This will result in the largest files but that is not a problem if you have a big memory card. Besides the better image another reason to keep the highest detail is if you want to crop the image. Depending on how much you crop-out the resulting image could be much lower detail than the whole original. Besides not having enough room on your camera's memory, one reason to the low-quality (Normal) setting is, if in some situation you want to take a fast burst of pictures; you could trade off quality (and or size) for a faster burst. If memory card size is an issue, one tip that I use more and more is to look at your pictures that you are taking while in-camera and delete the 'dogs' right there and then to free up more space. You can always reduce the size of the images after, no matter what. I do a batch resize on all my files after I transfer them to my hard drive, but keep the originals for later editing/printing.

Answer 3

If you can't do anything about your receiver then get a test pattern and tune your HDTV. It should be tuned exactly to show all the tones of grey (usually 16 and above on a brighness test picture). Then adjust your conrast and finally colours. You'll find a host of information related to this if you search the internet.
It requirs a lot of patience to carefully set your display and then you'll get a much better picture with your present quality of signal.
Everything said, you still require a good source to enjoy the full benefits of your display.

Answer 4

The best possible option for this problem is to use Onkyo Tx-SR 875 A/V Reciever which can upconvert any input signal(component,composite or HDMI) to Fully HD (1080P).

This is the best in the market so far, the only drawback is that it gets heated up if the space is cramped up.

Answer 5

You really need to get HD signals to make that TV look good.

And the signals dont suck so much as you have never watched them on a high definition display before.

Answer 6

id say if u using normal receiver, then use super receiver to make better