Here is a pic of what I'm seeing when the Tivo is the source.
Any LCD will look poor and washed out when viewed from a 45 degree angle like that, so it's hard to tell what you're seeing. LCD TVs only look good when viewed from straight on. And any pictures you post are being viewed by us on our PC monitors so even a good picture will look crappy anyway.
When you say the picture looks almost like SD, is it when watching HD channels on cable and/or antenna? Some channels look a lot better than others. Who is your cable company?
How do the local CBS and NBC and ABC HD News broadcasts look?
Have you put the TV into an appropriate picture mode and properly adjusted the settings yet? If not, there's no point in complaining about the TV or discussing anything further. You HAVE to adjust the TV in order to get it to look good. There's no way that TV should make HD look like SD so start digging into those setting menus.
Edit - i just found an Official JU7100 Owners Thread and see that you've already posted stuff there, so why did you start this new thread instead of just posting about your issues in that Official thread where this TV is already being discussed?
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