Do any receivers work magic on SD TV signals?

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3/22/12 at 9:35pm

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I have a 60" Panasonic Plasma TV (TCP60ST30) and a Motorola HD cable box from Shaw in Vancouver. SD TV looks absolutely awful. Horrendous. Unwatchable. Except that my wife still likes to watch a bunch of shows in SD.

I am curious if there are any receivers with video processing that vastly improve SD TV on HD TV's. I'm doubtful, but I thought I'd ask.

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3/22/12 at 10:58pm

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I have a yamaha that does really good with a 480p signal, but not so good with 480i stuff that is from the mid 90s and earlier. I will say it scales 480p to 1080p better than my Mitsubishi tv does. I was say the majority of the time it comes down to the quality of the source material.

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3/22/12 at 11:57pm

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I wouldn't even think of using my AVR to process my video, my Mits does an excellent job with SD although I never watch SD. It's probably your TV and your source.

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3/23/12 at 2:28am