Why is the picture quality on my samsung plasma poor?
Question:
All-Digital, HDTV, Dual-Tuner DVR, M-Card™ Host Set-top. We have the two connected with a HDMI cord. The picture quality is just really poor (except on certain HD channels). The cable box displays the 720p as being the signal and 16:9 as the tv type. Even if we don't stretch fit the non HD channels - the picture quality is still poor/fuzzy.
Other functions work great (sound, dvd player).
Any help?
Answer:
i agree with pedro. also non hd pictures will look allot worse than hd picture. and how far back are you sitting from the screen manufacturers reccomend about four times the size of your screen so you have a 50" screen so four times that is 16 feet. so 16 feet from your screen is the ideal. but you can go alittle less. try that or standing farther away from the screen to see if that helps you might just have to move back. also try the preset picture settings the different picture settings like, standard, movie, vivid,. give you differnt picture options for your settup.
Very well could be the cable coming in to your house. I had a similar problem with my Hitachi, so I called my cable company about it. They came out and replaced the cable from the pole to the house, and everything was fine. Check for kinks, cuts, chewed spots (animals, I would hope), etc. All of those can affect your signal strength to your box.
You need a upscaler. They get expensive.
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