'Best Buy' HD

[jammy]

Last summer I went to Best Buy to look at HDTVs. They had all their HD screens connected to a 'looping' video that showed bits of various HD productions, including golf.

I looked at Tiger Woods and some of the other big names playing shots, etc. and the HD quality looked great! I had never seen such vibrant colors. The TV I was watching all this on was a Toshiba 52" DLP.

When I asked the Best Buy guy what sort of HD feed they were using and he said that it was something they download on to a computer at Best Buy and then use it to send an HD picture to all their TVs.

I did not need any more convincing. I bought that Toshiba set, eagerly looking forward to the next major golf Tournament.

You can imagine my disappointment when I was looking at The Masters on CBS and the quality was nowhere near what I saw in the store.

What is the problem here? Is it the way DirecTV transmits HD? Is it just the settings on my TV? Does Best Buy somehow have a better quality HD?

I would appreciate your comments.

Thank you.

 

[RIRWIN1983]

Last summer I went to Best Buy to look at HDTVs. They had all their HD screens connected to a 'looping' video that showed bits of various HD productions, including golf.
I looked at Tiger Woods and some of the other big names playing shots, etc. and the HD quality looked great! I had never seen such vibrant colors. The TV I was watching all this on was a Toshiba 52" DLP.
When I asked the Best Buy guy what sort of HD feed they were using and he said that it was something they download on to a computer at Best Buy and then use it to send an HD picture to all their TVs.
I did not need any more convincing. I bought that Toshiba set, eagerly looking forward to the next major golf Tournament.
You can imagine my disappointment when I was looking at The Masters on CBS and the quality was nowhere near what I saw in the store.
What is the problem here? Is it the way DirecTV transmits HD? Is it just the settings on my TV? Does Best Buy somehow have a better quality HD?
I would appreciate your comments.
Thank you.

i'm almost certan that the "feed" that best buy is using is at max resolution, i.e 1920-1268 or something like that, or "true hd" and thus the diffrence in pq when u was at home, rember, they are gonna use whatever they can to make the stuff their selling look as best it can to well guess what, GET YOU TO BUY!

 

[Digital Dude]

Do you have an H20 and 5 lnb dish with HD locals?
Or were you watching regular SD CBS from Direc?

 

[mcbeevee]

Or were you using the OTA channel on the D* HD receiver? If your local station has subchannels (10-1, 10-2, 10-3), that will reduce the quality of the OTA HD transmissions.

 

[way2rude4u]

You see that is funny to me because when I bought my Mitsu 65" from Best Buy, I didn't rely on the HD source that they were feeding it. It looked like CRAP!! If that was a true HD signal I would still be watching SD cable on my old Toshiba 4:3. Believe me you need to work on getting your HD signal OTA and not rely on getting it through D* if possible. I have a friend of mine who had D* for about a year and the HD that he was watching was about 2/3 the quality of the OTA HD that he was pulling in. Believe me I am major golf fan, (one of my really good friends in on the PGA tour) so I am constantly watching golf tourneyments. The truest HD that you will receive is via OTA. Just my $.02~!