HDTV question

[dwell]

Got my first HDTV yesterday (Samsung LN-S4695D ). Overall I am happy with the quality, other than SD looking worse than on my 27" Wega flatscreen, but I knew what I was getting into.

Anyway. I noticed that Time Warner Digital's HD quality is hit and miss. The first thing I did was throw on HBO HD and was about to cry because the picture was really grainy (720p & 1080i). Then I turned on NBC HD which was showing news and the picture was amazing, just what you would expect from HD.

So, it's been hit and miss and I am sure it's the cable's picture quality. It seems to be compressing the hell out of the signal and there's always grain and artifacts on the movie channels. DVDs and XMBC content looks better as far as grain goes, despite the lower resolution.

Anyone else have TMC or cable and general and notice this?

 

[glenn beck]

yeah some channels suck, PBS is horrible very pixelated


Discovery Channel has the clearest HD content

 

[spidey07]

That's because HD is so glorious you are actually seeing the movie as it was filmed.

Lots of directors purposefully make the film "grainy" for effect.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: spidey07
That's because HD is so glorious you are actually seeing the movie as it was filmed.

Lots of directors purposefully make the film "grainy" for effect.

Yeah, you can't get true HD content if the original film was filmed on SD.

It's like trying to blow up a 1 megapixel picture to 10 megapixel size and print it out. It will look grainy from the upconvert.

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: spidey07
That's because HD is so glorious you are actually seeing the movie as it was filmed.

Lots of directors purposefully make the film "grainy" for effect.

Don't think it's film grain. Unless Jersey Girl was shot like that 😀

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: spidey07
That's because HD is so glorious you are actually seeing the movie as it was filmed.

Lots of directors purposefully make the film "grainy" for effect.

Yeah, you can't get true HD content if the original film was filmed on SD.

It's like trying to blow up a 1 megapixel picture to 10 megapixel size and print it out. It will look grainy from the upconvert.

ummm, they transfer from the film to HD. You know...that stuff they put in movie cameras and then display on the screen. FILM.

😉

Filmed in SD......LOL.

 

[mercanucaribe]

I have TWC and the HD sucks on most of the channels. Discovery looks good though. Basically there are 2 or 3 good HDTV channels. Whatever happened to the "year of HD"??

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have TWC and the HD sucks on most of the channels. Discovery looks good though. Basically there are 2 or 3 good HDTV channels. Whatever happened to the "year of HD"??

Discovery is awesome. Best channel TWC offers by far. I can't believe how awful HBO HD looks considering HBO is a TW company. I have to see how their original programming looks. Maybe it's just films that look bad.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: edro

Originally posted by: spidey07
That's because HD is so glorious you are actually seeing the movie as it was filmed.

Lots of directors purposefully make the film "grainy" for effect.

Yeah, you can't get true HD content if the original film was filmed on SD.

It's like trying to blow up a 1 megapixel picture to 10 megapixel size and print it out. It will look grainy from the upconvert.

ummm, they transfer from the film to HD. You know...that stuff they put in movie cameras and then display on the screen. FILM.

😉

Filmed in SD......LOL.

They broadcast it using DVD or a DVD quality source. They do not reel up and broadcast using the original FILM... The video that looks grainy on your HD HBO is not FILM.

Yeah, my wording of saying it was filmed on SD was bad. I meant that the source is SD.

 

[Dunbar]

Originally posted by: edro
They broadcast it using DVD or a DVD quality source. They do not reel up and broadcast using the original FILM... The video that looks grainy on your HD HBO is not FILM.

Why is this so hard to understand? The original source is film and the process to convert it is called a film transfer. A lot of directors and editors make the film grainy for effect. You aren't going to notice this on an SD channel but you will see it on HD.

 

[Pacfanweb]

TWC HD here looks great. Different networks have different quality, but I don't think that's a TWC thing. Fox sports in HD is a thing of beauty, as is ESPN.

Still, I have DirecTv coming out to switch me over tomorrow. Tired of TWC's ridiculous prices, and REALLY tired of them lying about getting ESPNU and ESPN2 HD. We were supposed to have ESPN2 HD last year. Still no date.