panasonic TX-P42S21B - picture quality?

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Hi this might be a stupid question, i bought this Panny NeoPDP 600hz plasma on saturday.

the picture is great with a dvd (albeit upscaled on a blu disc player), but the std TV picture (via an aged telewest broadband digibox) using a good quality SCART, is really not great (the box has been set on widescreen, as has the plasma display, this has helped, but a std picture (upgrading to virgin media +HD next week), appears very grainy and lacking in clarity, i'm new to this scene as my previous telly was a 100Hz panny quintrix CRT. so im not sure what to expect, is it that i am experiencing the amalgam of old box, via scart. and when i get the new system and view using HDMI, all will become clear, or is this a fact of life that new flat screen lcd/plasma screen show up the deficiencies of the boradcast and recording medium, or do i have a duff friday afternoon panel?

sorry if this is the most dumbass question ever, but i'd appreciate some help.

(im guessing now, but if the picture is okay on the blu disc via HDMI, then its likely to be the box/scart/broadcast?)

thanks, dave

 

[ear]

it is normal...

 

[Anonymous]

I have the same tv, it's virtually the same as last year's g10. They are not very good at scaling and deinterlacing, but give a hd source and they are very good.

 

[Anonymous]

The picture on a old telewest cable box is not very good to be honest and on scart on any Plasma or LCD tv but i would until you get your new Virgin HD box which you will see a difference straight away when connected up via a HDMI cable.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your answers, i am hopeful that the new box with HDMI will ease my concern. several of the guys at work also think this will help. fingers crossed,

just one more question...............what is deinterlacing?

 

[Andrew Everard]

beany2510:just one more question...............what is deinterlacing?

In very simple terms, conventional TV broadcasts make up the picture by only 'writing' half the picture lines at once, then writing the other half a split-second later, and relying on our persistence of vision to make up the whole picture. In other words, the two halves of the picture are interlaced to create the whole. Hence PAL (phase alternate line), and the fact you can send a picture while only halving the amount of data/bandwidth required.

Progressive scan TV writes all the lines at once, giving a more detailed picture, smoother motion, etc.

Deinterlacing converts interlaced to progressive scan.

 

[Anonymous]

I got a LG 42LD450, It was 700.00rrp and got it for 365.00, its the same, and no were near as expensive as yours.

HD = AMAZING

SD on SkyHD box is not that great, very pixelated and fuzzy.

But when I switch on my TV its straight to the HD stuff anyway, and Sky will be having 50 HD channels by xmas.

Sky should have a standard HD pack, were you can just pay for HD stuff soon.