rubbish picture on upc on 40' tv

fozz10

as above. had a 37' plasma non hd and pic was ever only good on it. but with the new one its complete rubbish. my brother had the tv for a few years paid 2400 for it sony bravia hd so its not the tv. and its always crystal clear with a standard sky box. but its hard to even read the writing on the sky sports news page.its clear then fuzzy then mostly fuzzy. driving me mad ive tried 4 scart leads including a gold plated one and its still rubbish. sky go on the xbox is super through the hdmi but the upc is crap. its like the tv is showing up how bad the upc is

blindsider

fozz10 wrote: »

as above. had a 37' plasma non hd and pic was ever only good on it. but with the new one its complete rubbish. my brother had the tv for a few years paid 2400 for it sony bravia hd so its not the tv. and its always crystal clear with a standard sky box. but its hard to even read the writing on the sky sports news page.its clear then fuzzy then mostly fuzzy. driving me mad ive tried 4 scart leads including a gold plated one and its still rubbish. sky go on the xbox is super through the hdmi but the upc is crap. its like the tv is showing up how bad the upc is

Surely you can't compare a scart picture to a HDMI picture?

And, can you not usse a HDMI cable for TV -> UPC?

fozz10

Im not comparing i was just saying that to clear up that my tv wasnt the problem. The picture is just terrible. every channel there writing on the screen theres blur around it almost double vision. close up of peoples face is full of imperfections. this is a top of the range sony bravia lcd surely the picture should still be excellent on a scart thru digital. on another note my cheap 28' is fine with it. could it be having a problem transmitting to a larger tv screen? im at this all day cant sort it out. the upc box has no hdmi port to use just watching normal tv.

coylemj

Check the menu settings on the UPC box to make sure you're sending RGB and not composite down the SCART cable to the TV.

Aside from UTV, I found the non-HD picture quality excellent on my last (SCART only) UPC box, on Horizon now.

blindsider

fozz10 wrote: »

Im not comparing i was just saying that to clear up that my tv wasnt the problem. The picture is just terrible. every channel there writing on the screen theres blur around it almost double vision. close up of peoples face is full of imperfections. this is a top of the range sony bravia lcd surely the picture should still be excellent on a scart thru digital. on another note my cheap 28' is fine with it. could it be having a problem transmitting to a larger tv screen? im at this all day cant sort it out. the upc box has no hdmi port to use just watching normal tv.

Ah fair enough. I would do as CoyleMJ suggests and ensure that the picture is set to RGB. otherwise, would it be worth upgrading thr UPC box to a newer one with HDMI.

If you have UPC BB, then it might be worth a call - they are doing some CRACKING deals at the moment. If you do call them, tell them that SKY have been on to offer you 6 months free BB - that'll focus their minds, and you'll get a good deal.

Hugh Cream

fozz10 wrote: »

Im not comparing i was just saying that to clear up that my tv wasnt the problem. The picture is just terrible. every channel there writing on the screen theres blur around it almost double vision. close up of peoples face is full of imperfections. this is a top of the range sony bravia lcd surely the picture should still be excellent on a scart thru digital. on another note my cheap 28' is fine with it. could it be having a problem transmitting to a larger tv screen? im at this all day cant sort it out. the upc box has no hdmi port to use just watching normal tv.

very annoying that, always bugged me, bbc3 looks terrible on upc.

Hugh Cream

blindsider wrote: »

Ah fair enough. I would do as CoyleMJ suggests and ensure that the picture is set to RGB. otherwise, would it be worth upgrading thr UPC box to a newer one with HDMI.

If you have UPC BB, then it might be worth a call - they are doing some CRACKING deals at the moment. If you do call them, tell them that SKY have been on to offer you 6 months free BB - that'll focus their minds, and you'll get a good deal.

would assume he lives in an area where all thats available to him is the basic tv package.
upc needs to get their fukking act together and sort that out.

fozz10

Ive 5o mb broadband and live in waterford city have every option available! upc calling out wednesday. if they dont fix it or gimme a box with hdmi input im gone elsewhere. tried all the messing about with setting on upc box too

who_me

Had a problem with an old UPC box before where the 4:3 / Widescreen / Zoom setting was wrong; resulting in a slightly 'zoomed' picture with exaggerated pixellation/compression artifacts. Setting that correctly (to Widescreen, in my case) resulted in a big improvement in quality.

fozz10

upc tech came around. guy agreed the picture wasnt acceptable on a tv like that.he just said the boxes are crap with scart compared to the hd boxes with the hdmi cable even with sd channels. he said a good quality tv will show it up and no way around it other then hd box and hdmi lead. i got both free of charge and have some free HD channels. picture and sound is waaay better on sd and hd is unreal. cant complain about the customer service.