I would first like to thank all the members of this site for their continued support and insight.
I've recently purchased a DST3000 a few weeks ago and when I finally got it hooked up I was amazed at the picture clarity and color on my Toshiba 32 inch tv that's 6 years old. HDNet looked great even though the hockey players were very tall due to the fact that it's a 4:3 set. I watched The Mexican and it was like a DVD to me. I couldn't believe it, most channels were clearer and sharper and I was thinking 'man, wait to my 50HX81 arrives'.
I received my brand new 50HX81 on Saturday only to find that it had a black line at the top middle of the screen. It appears to be just behind the screen, it actually looks like a piece of tape.
Anyway, I'll be receiving a new one on Wednesday but in the mean time I thought I'd share my experience with this set.
I go to HDNet and I thought 'this looks really good, wait it looks great!' I go to the other channels and they all look terrible. I mean really bad. Sunday comes around and I turn on the football games and I couldn't believe my eyes. The picture was garbage, fuzzy, just plain awful.
The doorbell rings and who is it, friends of mine coming to watch the Rams game on my new HDTV. They venture downstairs and I have to tell you I actually thought about turning the set off and telling them that it was broken.
I couldn't let them see this awful picture, and on football game for that matter. I quickly change to 199 and they see the beautiful color. I switch back to football and it's like what the hell is this ****. You spent all this money for a picture that is plain unbearable to view.
I always see people here just trying to make up their minds on a 4:3 set or 16:9 set - based on much 4:3 material they watch. When in fact maybe they should focus on how much regular non-hd material they will be viewing as opposed to HD content.
Maybe it's just that the set is screwed, maybe it's the way I have it set up, maybe it's just me.
A few more points that I have noticed:
During say a football game or hockey game, the picture is awful. They switch to a closeup camera and the picture is actually pretty good. Why is that? I would have thought that the closer the camera the worse it would be, but not on this set.
Also, I have the component cables from the DST3000 to HD Input 1. I also have an S-Video cable from the DST3000 to the tv. What should I be setting the DST3000 to when watching non-hd content like a football game. 4:3, 16:9, cropped, letterbox, etc. What should the tv be set to? TW1, TW2, Full, etc.
Sorry about this being really long but I am frustrated and I know that you guys will be able to ease my pain and convince me that my $3500 purchase(tv, DST, cables, etc) was in fact a rewarding event.
Thanks to all,
Lunarist
I've recently purchased a DST3000 a few weeks ago and when I finally got it hooked up I was amazed at the picture clarity and color on my Toshiba 32 inch tv that's 6 years old. HDNet looked great even though the hockey players were very tall due to the fact that it's a 4:3 set. I watched The Mexican and it was like a DVD to me. I couldn't believe it, most channels were clearer and sharper and I was thinking 'man, wait to my 50HX81 arrives'.
I received my brand new 50HX81 on Saturday only to find that it had a black line at the top middle of the screen. It appears to be just behind the screen, it actually looks like a piece of tape.
Anyway, I'll be receiving a new one on Wednesday but in the mean time I thought I'd share my experience with this set.
I go to HDNet and I thought 'this looks really good, wait it looks great!' I go to the other channels and they all look terrible. I mean really bad. Sunday comes around and I turn on the football games and I couldn't believe my eyes. The picture was garbage, fuzzy, just plain awful.
The doorbell rings and who is it, friends of mine coming to watch the Rams game on my new HDTV. They venture downstairs and I have to tell you I actually thought about turning the set off and telling them that it was broken.
I couldn't let them see this awful picture, and on football game for that matter. I quickly change to 199 and they see the beautiful color. I switch back to football and it's like what the hell is this ****. You spent all this money for a picture that is plain unbearable to view.
I always see people here just trying to make up their minds on a 4:3 set or 16:9 set - based on much 4:3 material they watch. When in fact maybe they should focus on how much regular non-hd material they will be viewing as opposed to HD content.
Maybe it's just that the set is screwed, maybe it's the way I have it set up, maybe it's just me.
A few more points that I have noticed:
During say a football game or hockey game, the picture is awful. They switch to a closeup camera and the picture is actually pretty good. Why is that? I would have thought that the closer the camera the worse it would be, but not on this set.
Also, I have the component cables from the DST3000 to HD Input 1. I also have an S-Video cable from the DST3000 to the tv. What should I be setting the DST3000 to when watching non-hd content like a football game. 4:3, 16:9, cropped, letterbox, etc. What should the tv be set to? TW1, TW2, Full, etc.
Sorry about this being really long but I am frustrated and I know that you guys will be able to ease my pain and convince me that my $3500 purchase(tv, DST, cables, etc) was in fact a rewarding event.
Thanks to all,
Lunarist