I also have the Dell 26" LCD and I use it with a Sky box. Whilst most channels come through very clearly, some channels are poor and I believe this to be the quality of the recording/broadcast as opposed to the LCD itself. Just so as to not automatically expect a crystal clear picture even when you believe you have a good picture sourceGrumpy said:Have a Dell 26" LCD TV.
Use an indoor aerial for RTE stations and its difficult to get a good picture
However, taking signal from a VCR produces a very good picture.
Hope this helps.
Grumpy said:Have a Dell 26" LCD TV.
Use an indoor aerial for RTE stations and its difficult to get a good picture
However, taking signal from a VCR produces a very good picture.
Hope this helps.
lemeister said:I also have the Dell 26" LCD and I use it with a Sky box. Whilst most channels come through very clearly, some channels are poor and I believe this to be the quality of the recording/broadcast as opposed to the LCD itself. Just so as to not automatically expect a crystal clear picture even when you believe you have a good picture source
RainyDay said:My only problem is that material not shot in widescreen (e.g. Q&A on RTE1) looks funny when stretched to fit widescreen, even when using the 'smart' stretching option.
Agreed - I wasn't blaming the TV - I've argued for years against going widescreen as the majority of material isn't shot in widescreen. But I've finally been swept along with the tide, and I've seen lots of US-originated material seems to be native widescreen. But it still seems that lots of original RTE material is the old 4:3 format.extopia said:Well, that's not the TV's fault, as non-wide material cannot be displayed in widescreen without either being pillarboxed (centred on screen with black bars at the sides), severely stretched (i.e. "wide" mode), somewhat stretched (e.g. "smart" mode, which usually tries to keep the centre of the pic unstretched but stretches the sides of the picture more, to compensate), or cropped at top and bottom and zoomed in, with obvious loss of resolution ("zoom" mode).
RainyDay said:But it still seems that lots of original RTE material is the old 4:3 format.
I've been hearing this for years, but I've never seen any definitive evidence - My own personal experience indicates lots of 4:3 stuff still coming through.extopia said:Most material is shot in 16:9 these days, as I've said.
extopia said:What kind of evidence do you need?All RTE drama and commissioned programmes are shot and broadcast in true anamorphic widescreen. It's a fact. Unfortunately you need NTL digital or Sky Digital to see this at the moment. BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are pretty much 100% widescreen too.
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