Hello again clicker5,
The odds are good the problem lies with your cable provider. Since it
does this with or without the cable box, we should be able to
eliminate the tuner in the TV itself. It also could be the cabling
from the wall jack to the cable box/TV. Have you tried replacing that
cable with one of higher quality? Monster makes decent and reasonably
affordable coax cables for this purpose. You may see a difference with
a better cable. I am assuming you have used the same cable with or
without the cable box so this has remained a constant.
Here are a few links that "might" be helpful and include discussions
on your KF-60XBR800:
http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3735&forum=25
" I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve the
picture quality of standard (not HD) Directv on this TV? I have tried
everything I can think of and the picture is still very grainy and
lacks detail. Text displayed on the screen (i.e. football scores) look
very clear and sharp, but the field and the players are very fuzzy. It
is almost unwatchable! DVD's look very sharp and crisp, however, and I
have my directv recorder connected via s-video. I have played with
every setting available to me with no luck in solving the issue...
...I own a KF-60XBR800. The problem with the picture quality is
factory presets. What you would have to do is to turn down the white
level until the pixel white ghosting disappear. And next you turn the
black level up which is the briteness after that set the hue 4 or 5
clicks toward the green until take out some the tint. Turn your
sharpness all the way up. Finally set your temp to warmth. There you
have it. There is no way of proving standard tv because the monitor
you have is a true digital display only for a digital signal not
analog that why standard tv has poor picture quality. Your display is
a true XGA resolution display not a CRT that converts a analog signal
to a digital signal. All XGA resolution monitors (DLP, Plasma, LCD)
are true HD Monitors thats the reason standard broadcast look poorly
because it is not a true digital signal only analog..."
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196558
http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic.php?topic=3210&forum=25
http://www.videoasylum.com/ht/messages/14156.html
"...If I have learned anything in my 43 years on this earth it is that
everything is a compromise. If you are wealthy you just have to
compromise less. The Sony KF60XBR800 is a compromise. I am giving up
some picture quality for a simple if not elegant solution to the big
screen HDTV problem. It's 60" diagonal measure, 16:9 HDTV ready, just
plug in and play. No mus no fuss. I didn't have to hang it on the wall
or cut a whole in my ceiling or buy a screen that flutters in the
breeze. It's as good or better than the signal being fed to it. I
doesn't look worth a damn without an HD or DVD signal being fed to it
just like every other RPTV, plasma or projector I have seen. Although
for some reason, the RPTV's look worse with an analog cable signal
than any other big screen device..."
http://www.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/960.html
"...I also invested in the Monster Component video cables for the
Playstation2. Again, a very significant improvement in picture quality
(also, configuring the colors with the Monsters Inc. DVD tool helped
the picture quality overall - including the quality of the
Playstation2).
I had the cable company come by today to see if they could fix the
reception of my cable but no good. It's exactly what you said Frank -
bad signal = bad output.
I looked into purchasing a HDTV tuner ($600) but it looks like I'll
also need to invest in satellite cable? I'm confused as to how the
HDTV tuner's work - can it work with my regular cable that I currently
get though my cable company that is an analog signal? Also, to pay
$600 just to watch a couple of channels that I wouldn't normally watch
probably isn't worth it, ya know?..."
http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342372-1318-20648904.html
"...A standard definition signal only contains 480 lines, and
depending on where you are, the reception of this signal can be really
bad. So in effect, instead of hiding any errors in standard def pq,
the setwill magnify them, and the picture will look that much worse.
Conclusion: Don't expect this set to perform miracles and turn your
standard def into high-def. It is only a signal displayer, not a
signal improver. Only a better signal strength, a better set top box,
or better wiring will improve your standard definition picture
quality. But take heart that as signal strength and digital
broadcasting continue to improve, and as high definition broadcasts
continue to increase (super bowl in high def!), your set will look
better and better over time. Also, like others have mentioned, spend a
little extra time giving it some TLC, and this set will perform to all
of your expectations..."
Do let me know if this information proves helpful for you.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |
