Improve Sky picture on new LG TV?

toby2111

Got a new 42" LG 42LN540V TV from Currys. Maybe I'm imagining it but picture from Sky box is just not what I expected,its not a sharp as I would have thought especially when watching football and the camera pans out.Players even seem more pixelated or something.When I stand close to it,its just not crisp enough.Problem didnt exist with my old HiSense 42".

Watched a DVD last night and had no problems so I'm thinking the problem is the Sky HD box itself.Resolution output is 1080i,scart video output is set at RGB.Would a new scart lead improve things?Any other ideas?

muffler

You need to connect the box to the tv with a HDMI cable

Mycroft H

Hdmi cable is what you need. Go buy the cheapest one in tesco and that will sort it

toby2111

But I dont subscribe to the HD channels.Will that improve the SD channels?

Fresh Pots

toby2111 wrote: »

But I dont subscribe to the HD channels.Will that improve the SD channels?

Yes

toby2111

Nice one!Weres the best bricks and mortar store to get one?Currys,Woodies,Argos etc ?

Fresh Pots

toby2111 wrote: »

Nice one!Weres the best bricks and mortar store to get one?Currys,Woodies,Argos etc ?

Argos, power city, dealz. Wherever you buy it don't spend more that a fiver on it coz a €2 or is just as good as a €40 one.

toby2111

Great,thanks for that.Argos have one for €20 but Currys have one for €6.99.Dont have a poer city or dealz were I live.I'll check the local euro store tomorrow.

Kristopherus

Do not buy the Argos one. They are very overpriced. As already advised you should try your local €2 shop. What you get there will likely be as good, if not better than the Argos one. Don't be fooled by sales people telling you about gold-plated cables either. There's no difference.

mad muffin

And when you connect the hdmi remove the scart.

toby2111

Got a cheap one for €2.99, hasn't made a difference.The only difference is Network 2 HD is definitely crisper and sharper than SD Net 2.I've put HD Resolution Output on Sky box at automatic and 1080i....doesn't seem to have changed.Any ideas?

jca

toby2111 wrote: »

Got a cheap one for €2.99, hasn't made a difference.The only difference is Network 2 HD is definitely crisper and sharper than SD Net 2.I've put HD Resolution Output on Sky box at automatic and 1080i....doesn't seem to have changed.Any ideas?

Try 720p I find that to give the best quality.

Mr Cumulonimbus

toby2111 wrote: »

Got a cheap one for €2.99, hasn't made a difference.The only difference is Network 2 HD is definitely crisper and sharper than SD Net 2.I've put HD Resolution Output on Sky box at automatic and 1080i....doesn't seem to have changed.Any ideas?

HDMI benefits HD the most, hence your improvement on RTE2 HD. SD channels viewed via HDMI are a bit better than through an RGB Scart connection.

RTE 2 SD on Sky 102 isn't the best to begin with I think. How are BBC1 HD on 215 and BBC2 HD on 143 looking compared to their SD versions on 141 & 142? Also don't forget not all programming on HD channels is in HD, but upscaled SD.

toby2111

If anything the SD channels were better through the scart. BBC1 HD is sharper than SD version,although theres a delay in changing channels from SD to HD as its set to Automatic. It doesn't make any difference whether I view the SD channels in 576,720p,1080i or Automatic.
In fairness,the BBC's,RTE's etc maybe have slightly improved but Sky Sports News(and all Sports channels) isn't great,still a bit blocky and pixelated at certain times.

Plascebo

toby2111 wrote: »

If anything the SD channels were better through the scart. BBC1 HD is sharper than SD version,although theres a delay in changing channels from SD to HD as its set to Automatic. It doesn't make any difference whether I view the SD channels in 576,720p,1080i or Automatic.
In fairness,the BBC's,RTE's etc maybe have slightly improved but Sky Sports News(and all Sports channels) isn't great,still a bit blocky and pixelated at certain times.

Check your signal strength!

toby2111

Plascebo wrote: »

Check your signal strength!

Signal strength and quality both fine. Basically I'm just a little disappointed in picture quality, maybe I expected too much. But picture on my old plasma was as good if not a bit better.

byte

I'd leave the Sky box on 1080i, as I find this works best on 1080p TV's as one would expect. That, and all Sky HD broadcasts are 1080i. Germany seem keen on the 720p format for their HD channels.

THen you'll have to mess around in the picture settings menu of your TV. Is there 100Hz on this TV? If so, disable it. Maybe disable other picture "enhancing" features to see if you can improve it somewhat.

A lot of the SD channels on Sky seem heavily compressed nowadays anyway.

Also, many plasma tellies are/were awesome compared to LCD televisions IMO.

SmithySeller

Byte is spot on. Out of the box presets are probably brutal and make the picture look worst once in real living room conditions. And I'm afraid that is correct, Plasma, although a dying technology, at its best, LCD struggles to compete. Except in Sales of course!