Directv HD Quality Sucks!

[coinmaster32]

I recently bought a HD Sharp 22" TV for my room. I also have Directv "HD".

I have played blu rays and hd video from other providers and the HD quality is AMAZING! My tv has a good picture too.

I am feeding my Directv HR22 to my TV via HDMI. I also have 720p selected on the receiver.

Every HD channel looks about DVD quality if that. Everything is so grainy and horribly over compressed.

 

[dfergie]

Something is wrong with your setup, I have both Dish & Directv and Directv looks very good on all my TV's ... from 40" to 110" FPTV

 

[coinmaster32]

Nothing can be wrong. There is an hdmi cable between the HR24 and the HDTV. Res is 720p on the HR24, native is on. Here is a still from Idiot Abroad. This was from Science Channel HD. The picture looks like crap. Grainy, washed out, and over compressed, how every D* HD channel looks.

Now here is a blu ray still from Avatar. No compression, no graininess, nothing, just a clear and sharp HD Picture.

 

[ProfStata]

What's your point?

 

[coinmaster32]

My point is if Im paying $10 a month for HD I want hd and not dvd quality video

 

[sonydude1966]

Switch to 1080i on the Directv receiver. 720p on my receiver looks like DVD quality. Not so with 1080i.

 

[coinmaster32]

Switch to 1080i on the Directv receiver. 720p on my receiver looks like DVD quality. Not so with 1080i.

My TV is 720p and 1080i makes no diff.

 

[Kermee]

You're comparing the Avatar Blu-Ray which has an average MPEG-4 AVC bitrate of 28.8Mbps... to HD channels of a provider where we know the bitrate doesn't even make it into the teens. I think your expectations are a bit off; No provider of HD channels whether cable or satellite can compare to Blu-Ray especially when the ATSC broadcasting standard is a 'maximum' of 19.2Mbps for the older MPEG-2 compression standard at either 720/60p or 1080/30i.

 

[TigerpounceTN]

"Other providers" and an Avatar Blu Ray compared with An Idiot Abroad? On a 22 inch TV? Obviously the production quality is the same. That couldn't have a thing to do with it. These other providers must be awesome too.

 

[am7crew]

blu rays and satellite are 2 very different things, did you honestly think satellite or anything for that matter was going to give you broadcasted HD channels in blu ray quality?

 

[ts7]

blu rays and satellite are 2 very different things, did you honestly think satellite or anything for that matter was going to give you broadcasted HD channels in blu ray quality?

The OP may have unrealistic expectations but looking at the marketing hype from ALL of the providers, who could blame him?

 

[Rey]

You can't compare satellite or anything else to bluray.

 

[Ronnie-]

You can't compare satellite or anything else to bluray.

That is true.

I still lean towards a flaw in how it is setup, or with the equipment itself.
Obviously my D* HD doesnt look as good as Blu-Ray, but it is very very good, and far above DVD quality.

 

[tvropro]

All pizza is HD lite. It cannot compare to blu-ray or the master feeds on C band. There just is not enough bandwidth for all the channels they are trying to process. Never will get better, only worse as they cram more no mind networks in the little bandwidth they have. Look at the bit rate on Dish Network HD lately . DVD quality if even that sounds about right for pizza HD, wonder why I didn't pop for Direct's HD? now you know.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I'd say its the fact that its a 22" TV.

The Proper viewing distance for a 40" HD TV is 6-8 Feet.
A 22 is most likely 3 feet.

Don't complain about HD PQ when your using a Micky Mouse tv.
Are 22" TV even HD?

 

[tvropro]

I'd say its the fact that its a 22" TV.

The Proper viewing distance for a 40" HD TV is 6-8 Feet.
A 22 is most likely 3 feet.

Don't complain about HD PQ when your using a Micky Mouse tv.
Are 22" TV even HD?

Thats a crock that you have to sit on top of the tv to see HD, just like wearing glasses for 3D. A good quality source to start with will shine even at distance. When I sit close to my HDTV all I see is the digital artifacts amplified.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Also the fact the Sharp 22" is prob a crappy Tv (low quality sets are noisy to begin with on do not do well with compressed feeds;Ive never seen a good blu-ray look bad on any set)

Look, Directv HD looks darn good on my 73" DLP, so move on nothing to see here.

 

[TDK1044]

DirecTV HD picture quality is pretty good. Ignorance sucks.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Thats a crock that you have to sit on top of the tv to see HD, .

No its not.
Anything Under a 32 " is Useless as HD TV .
A 480P ED tv PQ is exactly the same on tv's that small.

A 22 inch tv has to be sit on top of just to watch it period, Let alone HD!
Thats a Computer monitor, made for sitting at your desk.

 

[tigerfan33]

I agree with Hemi. I have a 19" LCD that I run sd to. Five ft. away it looks like hd!!