TiVo TiVo Picture Quality - Page 10

Adder · 29-04-2011, 13:16

Also watching the Royal Wedding and the home menu just popped up randomly and then the screen went black and then the home menu loaded up slowly again. I was on the sofa and the remote far away on the table. Veeery weird?

WDLaserjetGLOVER · 29-04-2011, 13:22

Is it normal to keep getting e-mails from this forum regarding my posts?
Most strange.

Perfect Choice · 29-04-2011, 15:29

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Originally Posted by nialli

I did my testing with Hero the other evening which was listed as being HD, a film visually breathtaking. Looked very good on Film4 and even better on Film4HD, but the difference wasn't massive.
I then did a similar check with the football on SkySports2 and SkySports2 HD - even though I didn't think the latter's PQ was that stunning, the difference between the two was more marked than my Film4 comparison.
All subjective though, of course. I tried both 720p and 1080i settings from the Tivo: I think the latter is marginally better for HD on my set but the former gives a slightly better SD picture.
On another note, I think Rubicon on BBC4 looked sharper this week on my Freeview recording than it did on my TiVo's

I'm just about happy with HD now on Tivo, have checked several HD channels and the picture is just about the same I had with V+ I would say. It is SD which just doesn't show good enough upscaling still. Used to see BBC1 SD looking like near HD quality on V+ for example, not the case on my Tivo.

barney111 · 29-04-2011, 15:41

The sd channels on my Tivo are significantly better than on my V+ box a great improvement,
However the clunky menus drive me nuts its like a balloon blowing up and then bursting and that bloody clock grrr!

best

barney111

nialli · 29-04-2011, 18:40

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Originally Posted by WDLaserjetGLOVER

I am watching The Royal Wedding on BBC1 HD.
The picture, like the event, is absolutely stunning on my Tivo/ Panasonic 50" plasma.

I have to agree - whilst Mrs Nialli was cooing over the dress I couldn't shut up about how bloody brilliant the BBC1 HD was looking this morning

Begize · 30-04-2011, 19:03

I've got a Sony Bravia 32" and sorry, but for me the SD picture is poor compared to the SA V+ box that's been moved upstairs.

As people have said, channels like BBC1 which looked HD like when in SD, look like the Freeview equivalent now

The lower bandwidth channels are on the verge of awful.

HD, to be fair, looks at least as good, if not better though.

Had a play with all the settings and I can see little difference in SD picture quality. I supposed it's a question of playing around and seeing what works best. At the moment though, slightly disapointed.

TMLeafs · 30-04-2011, 19:21

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Originally Posted by Begize

As people have said, channels like BBC1 which looked HD like when in SD, look like the Freeview equivalent now

The lower bandwidth channels are on the verge of awful.

Same dont know who to contact is there a tivo team?

Harryn9000 · 30-04-2011, 20:10

yes there is, you get put straight through on the fone when u ask. the tivo is very sensitity to signal levels if u have correct level u should be fine. mine was -14 at the highest level. and my pictures was terrible on every sd channel now it very good. can't fault virgin media the engineer checked the signal round the house to make sure it wasn't my end. he come next day with a splitter that increased the signal level to -7/-8 which has improved picture drastically i was made up i can watch tv without picture break up now it sorted now tho for how long nobody knows.

WDLaserjetGLOVER · 30-04-2011, 20:50

My impression of BBC SD is that some times it looked near HD, but more often looked poor.
Very variable, so when I analyze the Tivo SD, I am not sure whether the broadcast quality or the Tivo is to blame.
HD is fantastic.

ps. on a 50" panasonic

devilincarnate · 30-04-2011, 20:53

Can i just say that i have had no difference over the SD and HD. If you get the TIVO and you do not like the PQ after a while you get used to it as you forget about the other (unless you have got the V+ to compare it to, at the time)

This is in my opinion.

Begize · 30-04-2011, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Harryn9000

yes there is, you get put straight through on the fone when u ask. the tivo is very sensitity to signal levels if u have correct level u should be fine. mine was -14 at the highest level. and my pictures was terrible on every sd channel now it very good. can't fault virgin media the engineer checked the signal round the house to make sure it wasn't my end. he come next day with a splitter that increased the signal level to -7/-8 which has improved picture drastically i was made up i can watch tv without picture break up now it sorted now tho for how long nobody knows.

Interesting. The engineer removed an attenuator we had on the back of the old V+ because we're the first house in the street and the signal was too high that we kept losing channels at random. Maybe the reverse is true for us now, worth a call I suppose.

The V+ upstairs looks as good as ever so I'm betting, bearing in mind the number of people moaning, it's the TiVo upscaling to blame.

OLDGOLD · 30-04-2011, 22:37

My Video Output settings has one for 1080p (25fps, pass-through only). Does anyone know what this means?

When I was watching British Eurosport 2 earlier tonight, I tried this setting and the info button on my TV said the resolution was 720 X 576. When I have it set on 1080i, the TV says it is 1920 x 1080.

Any ideas? I'm not great when it comes to all this upscaling malarkey!

WDLaserjetGLOVER · 30-04-2011, 23:12

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Originally Posted by OLDGOLD

My Video Output settings has one for 1080p (25fps, pass-through only). Does anyone know what this means?

When I was watching British Eurosport 2 earlier tonight, I tried this setting and the info button on my TV said the resolution was 720 X 576. When I have it set on 1080i, the TV says it is 1920 x 1080.

Any ideas? I'm not great when it comes to all this upscaling malarkey!

What TV have you got that gives you that sort of information?

Most just say 720i, 1080i etc.

TMLeafs · 01-05-2011, 00:22

keep reading some users can get there tivo to output 576 for SD and HD at 1080i but I cant. My onkyo is better at upscaling the SD but it means I have to change settings for HD

Digital Fanatic · 01-05-2011, 08:55

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Originally Posted by Begize

I've got a Sony Bravia 32" and sorry, but for me the SD picture is poor compared to the SA V+ box that's been moved upstairs.

As people have said, channels like BBC1 which looked HD like when in SD, look like the Freeview equivalent now

The lower bandwidth channels are on the verge of awful.

HD, to be fair, looks at least as good, if not better though.

Had a play with all the settings and I can see little difference in SD picture quality. I supposed it's a question of playing around and seeing what works best. At the moment though, slightly disapointed.

Mines a Sony Bravia 42" and the picture is great.