We watched Enchanted the other night when it first appeared on our 57" Toshiba hdtv in 1080i and the picture looked great. Didn't see any artifacts ,pixelation,macroblocking and we recorded the movie while we watched it. I say again it is either a receiver ,installation or dish point , or a tv problem that is causing the problems in the pq for some and not others. Especially when most people watch the tvs with the contrast , sharpness way too high that would show the artifacts and macro blocking that only some say they see in the pq. My dad thinks that sharpness should be turned way up on his picture so it looks better. It looks like SH*t ! Every bad flaw and artifact you can see is in his pq on his Toshiba Regza 32" hdtv. My dad has a cataract in one eye and had the other eye lens replaced from a cataract surgery he had years ago. So I don't think that he has a clue what pq should be. I always adjust it and get the pq where it looks great and you can see no flaws in the pq and he will turn it back to Sports mode and the picture looks like crap. Pq is subjective and most people are not very objective in picking their picture controls. I even used a calibration dvd for sd tvs to get the pq great on my older sd tvs. With the hdtvs I used the movie mode with the sharpness turned down to about 25 -35 out of 100, the warm tone and the automatic light sensor mode on, so the tv will automatically adjust the contrast based on how much light is in the room. This has given me the best picture quality on both sd and hd picture for going on 5 years now. OF course this is a rear projection tv that I am talking about. ON LCD or Plazma or tube top tvs the picture controls may have to be different. I know that my tube top hdtv is completely different controls for what makes it look good compared to my rear projection tv. If you sit to close to ANY tv you will see flaws that most won't at a good distance from the tv.
