Help - My Sharp new TV sometimes looks like its in fast forward!

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Hi forum - I'm hoping you can help me decide whether to change my TV.

I bought a Sharp AQUOS LC40LU700 from Richer Sounds on Sunday. The other TV I had in mind (Samsung UE40B7020) wasn't on display so I couldn't compare side-by-side, although I had been impressed by it in another shop, and of the TV's in the shop, only mine was displaying HD content - The picture looked very impressive. The reason I went for the Sharp over the Samsung is the array LED backlighting and the Missus preferred the style of the Sharp. A drawback of edge lighting the christmas tree effect was mentioned to me although I thought the picture was good and I liked the slim profile.

So far I think the picture is a massive improvement on my old Phillips 32 inch LCD TV and overall I'm happy with it. Blacks are real black instead of grey and gaming on the PS3 is a delight. HD tv is improved but I'm yet to try a blu-ray - I should make that high on my list tonight! My concern is that it feels like I'm watching in fast forward sometimes. I've tried switching the 100Hz on and off to no real signs of improvement. The two main times I've noticed are once when playing back Heroes recorded from BBC HD on my Virgin Media V+ HD box and the other time watching channel 4 HD in delay.

Is this something unique to my TV, a phenomena related to the increase in screen size, V+ playback or passing the signal through my Onkyo reciever? As I didn't experience this on my old set I'm inclined to dismiss the latter two and of the former two I'm not sure. If this is unique to my TV then I have a few days to enable me to swap for the Samsung, but I don't want to do this if the same thing is going to happen.

Anyway, I hope someone can help! Much aprreciated.

 

[John Duncan]

I think it's source rather than TV - I've had some issues with speed variation on watching time-delay stuff on both 4 and BBC...

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reponse John. I'm going to check the output of the V+HD box and see if its at 720P or 1080i to see if this makes a difference - it may be at 720 from my old TV.

I tested a blu ray through my PS3 last night - I watched a small section of casino royale and whilst the picture quality was excellent it still felt as though the some sections played in fast forward, and there was a slight shimmer around bond as he was running. The trouble is, now I've started to look for imperfections I spend more time looking for them than enjoying whats on! I might try and run it through another BD player and see if this helps.