BIG screen TV questions !

[Hi-Soft]

I was recently given a BIG 80cm Television..( Centrex CTT8009E )... I know
it's a fairly cheap TV...though it was a present..!

Anyway.... my previous TV was nothing flast just an LG 62cm...so I was
thinking this will be a great improvement...

The thing is though...it looks overly pixelated compared to the old
62cm...and when text is displayed, like the DVD's on screen commands etc.
( eg. "pause" , 'FF" etc )...it is hardly legible !!!!!

I have connected the DVD to the Centrex using the "component' inputs...with
good quality cables, and also tried the standard ( yellow ) video connection
as well... so I'm wondering if there is some other setting that i should be
adjusting to rectify this ??

Any ideas please ??

cheers,
Brian C

[Son Of Sheep.]

Its a cheap file of shit. Hope whoever got it for you did not mean to
give it to you :)



Iam sure their are some optiosn on the TV that can make it look
better. Componet conections are the best. But you might try Svideo and
composite depends on the TV. Some like different connections better.

Get a svideo cable and try that. you never kniow.

Or go and buy a HD 86cm WS,Flat screen tv :)


On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:31:42 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
<bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>I was recently given a BIG 80cm Television..( Centrex CTT8009E )... I know
>it's a fairly cheap TV...though it was a present..!
>
>Anyway.... my previous TV was nothing flast just an LG 62cm...so I was
>thinking this will be a great improvement...
>
>The thing is though...it looks overly pixelated compared to the old
>62cm...and when text is displayed, like the DVD's on screen commands etc.
>( eg. "pause" , 'FF" etc )...it is hardly legible !!!!!
>
>I have connected the DVD to the Centrex using the "component' inputs...with
>good quality cables, and also tried the standard ( yellow ) video connection
>as well... so I'm wondering if there is some other setting that i should be
>adjusting to rectify this ??
>
>Any ideas please ??
>
>cheers,
>Brian C
>
>

[Hi-Soft]

well... it was a a present from my children...so i can't really
complain..plus i I picked the model out...for $450 dollars you'd be hard
pressed to beat the value for money....I'm actually really enjoying watching
all of my old full screen ( TV series ) DVDs on it...HUGE pic... but
anyway...I'll give the S-VHS cable a go...and see if it helps...i tend to
think there must be some logical fix to the text issue...

--


cheers,
Brian C


"Son Of Sheep." <sheep.com.au> wrote in message
news:0i9tc1ti1eg5ne5omkc6988ma9t14jc7ke@4ax.com...
>
>
> Its a cheap file of shit. Hope whoever got it for you did not mean to
> give it to you :)
>
>
>
> Iam sure their are some optiosn on the TV that can make it look
> better. Componet conections are the best. But you might try Svideo and
> composite depends on the TV. Some like different connections better.
>
> Get a svideo cable and try that. you never kniow.
>
> Or go and buy a HD 86cm WS,Flat screen tv :)
>
>
> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:31:42 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
> <bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I was recently given a BIG 80cm Television..( Centrex CTT8009E )... I
>>know
>>it's a fairly cheap TV...though it was a present..!
>>
>>Anyway.... my previous TV was nothing flast just an LG 62cm...so I was
>>thinking this will be a great improvement...
>>
>>The thing is though...it looks overly pixelated compared to the old
>>62cm...and when text is displayed, like the DVD's on screen commands
>>etc.
>>( eg. "pause" , 'FF" etc )...it is hardly legible !!!!!
>>
>>I have connected the DVD to the Centrex using the "component'
>>inputs...with
>>good quality cables, and also tried the standard ( yellow ) video
>>connection
>>as well... so I'm wondering if there is some other setting that i should
>>be
>>adjusting to rectify this ??
>>
>>Any ideas please ??
>>
>>cheers,
>>Brian C
>>
>>
>

[NetPlus Micro Computers \(Shaw Goh\)]

OSD on DVD players are oftem bitmapped fonts overlayed on the video signal.
Cheap DVD players may use a low grade chip to do this, hence OSD text will
look horrible when blown up in size.

Try a different player (even old VCR that was not so cheap) and the could be
fine.

As long as the video is satisfactory to you, who cares about the OSD?

"Hi-Soft" <bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RtFze.28127$oJ.16403@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> well... it was a a present from my children...so i can't really
> complain..plus i I picked the model out...for $450 dollars you'd be hard
> pressed to beat the value for money....I'm actually really enjoying
> watching
> all of my old full screen ( TV series ) DVDs on it...HUGE pic... but
> anyway...I'll give the S-VHS cable a go...and see if it helps...i tend to
> think there must be some logical fix to the text issue...
>
> --
>
>
> cheers,
> Brian C
>
>
> "Son Of Sheep." <sheep.com.au> wrote in message
> news:0i9tc1ti1eg5ne5omkc6988ma9t14jc7ke@4ax.com...
>>
>>
>> Its a cheap file of shit. Hope whoever got it for you did not mean to
>> give it to you :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Iam sure their are some optiosn on the TV that can make it look
>> better. Componet conections are the best. But you might try Svideo and
>> composite depends on the TV. Some like different connections better.
>>
>> Get a svideo cable and try that. you never kniow.
>>
>> Or go and buy a HD 86cm WS,Flat screen tv :)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:31:42 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
>> <bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I was recently given a BIG 80cm Television..( Centrex CTT8009E )... I
>>>know
>>>it's a fairly cheap TV...though it was a present..!
>>>
>>>Anyway.... my previous TV was nothing flast just an LG 62cm...so I was
>>>thinking this will be a great improvement...
>>>
>>>The thing is though...it looks overly pixelated compared to the old
>>>62cm...and when text is displayed, like the DVD's on screen commands
>>>etc.
>>>( eg. "pause" , 'FF" etc )...it is hardly legible !!!!!
>>>
>>>I have connected the DVD to the Centrex using the "component'
>>>inputs...with
>>>good quality cables, and also tried the standard ( yellow ) video
>>>connection
>>>as well... so I'm wondering if there is some other setting that i should
>>>be
>>>adjusting to rectify this ??
>>>
>>>Any ideas please ??
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>Brian C
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

[Hi-Soft]

hmmm...not really a cheap DVD player though...Pioneer DV 373...

--


cheers,
Brian C


"NetPlus Micro Computers (Shaw Goh)" <shaw@netplus.com.au> wrote in message
news:42d34464$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
> OSD on DVD players are oftem bitmapped fonts overlayed on the video
> signal. Cheap DVD players may use a low grade chip to do this, hence OSD
> text will look horrible when blown up in size.
>
> Try a different player (even old VCR that was not so cheap) and the could
> be fine.
>
> As long as the video is satisfactory to you, who cares about the OSD?
>
> "Hi-Soft" <bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:RtFze.28127$oJ.16403@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> well... it was a a present from my children...so i can't really
>> complain..plus i I picked the model out...for $450 dollars you'd be hard
>> pressed to beat the value for money....I'm actually really enjoying
>> watching
>> all of my old full screen ( TV series ) DVDs on it...HUGE pic... but
>> anyway...I'll give the S-VHS cable a go...and see if it helps...i tend to
>> think there must be some logical fix to the text issue...
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> cheers,
>> Brian C
>>
>>
>> "Son Of Sheep." <sheep.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:0i9tc1ti1eg5ne5omkc6988ma9t14jc7ke@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Its a cheap file of shit. Hope whoever got it for you did not mean to
>>> give it to you :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Iam sure their are some optiosn on the TV that can make it look
>>> better. Componet conections are the best. But you might try Svideo and
>>> composite depends on the TV. Some like different connections better.
>>>
>>> Get a svideo cable and try that. you never kniow.
>>>
>>> Or go and buy a HD 86cm WS,Flat screen tv :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:31:42 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
>>> <bjcanham-nospam-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I was recently given a BIG 80cm Television..( Centrex CTT8009E )... I
>>>>know
>>>>it's a fairly cheap TV...though it was a present..!
>>>>
>>>>Anyway.... my previous TV was nothing flast just an LG 62cm...so I was
>>>>thinking this will be a great improvement...
>>>>
>>>>The thing is though...it looks overly pixelated compared to the old
>>>>62cm...and when text is displayed, like the DVD's on screen commands
>>>>etc.
>>>>( eg. "pause" , 'FF" etc )...it is hardly legible !!!!!
>>>>
>>>>I have connected the DVD to the Centrex using the "component'
>>>>inputs...with
>>>>good quality cables, and also tried the standard ( yellow ) video
>>>>connection
>>>>as well... so I'm wondering if there is some other setting that i should
>>>>be
>>>>adjusting to rectify this ??
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas please ??
>>>>
>>>>cheers,
>>>>Brian C
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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