What no one will tell you about HDTV...

[highdefjeff]

If you've tried everything and you still aren't convinced that your HDTV looks as good as it should (They should ALL look "WOW"!)

Make sure you have a strong, good quality signal!

HD quality IS adversely affected by:

1. Voltage that is too low,
2. Marginal signal strength (OTA or DBS Dish!), and
3. Poor signal quality.

Just because you have the digital picture, doesn't mean you have the HD quality you deserve!
There IS such a thing as variation in the quality of a digital picture.

How many installers that can really point a dish have heard from their customers that the picture got better? I heard it enough to get uncomfortable about it! I even thought I had seen it a few times and left scratching my head...

Some of you will see the "WOW" for the first time in your own home!

Happy HD Hunting!

Read about "bit loss" and observations in the field.

HDTV Help!

High Def Jeff

 

[lakebum431]

Huh? You're trying to tell me that a higher signal on a dish receiver makes for a better picture? That is bull. I don't believe it 1 bit.

 

[gadgtfreek]

This is BS.

First off, either OTA comes in or doesnt. If anyone will argue a 55% SS OTA is worse than a 90% SS OTA, they are a complete idiot.

 

[SatinKzo]

I hate it when my bits are .5 and not 1.

Jeff do you sell Monster cables?

Seriously, you need to provide some SERIOUS facts and examples to make me believe what you are saying

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Yep. Total BS.

#1 should be poor signal quality. And by that I mean the quality of the signal the provider sends. For the most part, OTA providers provide the best bandwidth.

#2 should be that the idiot owner of the 'pretty big screen flat panel' actually has enough brains to crack open the friggin manual and learn something.

But they could be reversed LOL

 

[bhawley]

There is the issue of error correction.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

I hate it when my bits are .5 and not 1.

Jeff do you sell Monster cables?

Seriously, you need to provide some SERIOUS facts and examples to make me believe what you are saying

Monster cables are da bomb. This dude at Circuit City told me that Monster HDMI cable would provide me the best picture eva!!!! :

 

[lakebum431]

Monster cables are da bomb. This dude at Circuit City told me that Monster HDMI cable would provide me the best picture eva!!!! :

haha

 

[lakebum431]

I hate it when my bits are .5 and not 1.

Yeah, but the 1.5 ones are awesome

 

[SatinKzo]

Well, the guys at CC do go through some intensive training on the technology. They only want to make sure you get the priciest err best possible cable

How did it take 2 hours for people to respond to the OP?

 

[rcdallas]

I know what a VIP 622 and 222 is, but what the hell is a 221? I like how it says a Coaxial RF connection is for both HD and SD, and yet HDMI is for HD.

The author of the referenced link smoking some good chit. Hook us all up so we can see a more vivid picture the way he/she does.

Seriously the whole signal strength the way it's been drawn out, I don't buy it. I suppose a test of this would be to watch a program before/during/after a rain shower since SS will be reduced.

 

[SatinKzo]

Oh wait, Jeff is against monster

Don't use Monster products; HDMI, component, or coaxial cables; splitters, or power strips! You'll pay too much and possibly cause malfunction with your system!
Do's & Don'ts

Jeffs website sounds like my local High-end store. They were worried about my PQ when I bought a LG4200 there. They insisted I buy a $150 XO DVI cable and trash the inferior one included with receiver.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Well, the guys at CC do go through some intensive training on the technology.

And CC provides frequent breaks during training sessions to allow employees to apply acne medication. Hey, healthcare is a priority!! :up

 

[lakebum431]

How did it take 2 hours for people to respond to the OP?

Ha! I responded as soon as I saw it. Must have been some slackers out there.

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

rcdallas' avatar should be posted here and the thread closed!!! LOL

 

[Hall]

I'd like to know how Monster Cables may cause "malfunctions with your system". I don't believe they're worth the price but there's not anything technically wrong with them either.

 

[SatinKzo]

Well, Hall, if you have inferior equipment, then Monster cables will over-drive the inputs and cause damage cause Monster will just do what it wants. It's a monster after all, it can't be reasoned with

Kind of like cheap porn "take it bitch"

 

[Foxbat]

First things first! Q: "How many techs have been told that the picture was better after re-pointing a dish?" The poll isn't posed as a quantifyable answer, like "1" or "5", just "I have" or "I haven't". How about the question being "Have you ever been told by a customer that the picture looks better after you came back and did your job right?"

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

Well, Hall, if you have inferior equipment, then Monster cables will over-drive the inputs and cause damage cause Monster will just do what it wants. It's a monster after all, it can't be reasoned with

Kind of like cheap porn "take it bitch"

Monster cables are too thick and therefore bad on some systems. They allow too much signal to be delivered to the TV thus causing a bottle-neck and a degradation in signal!!! hehehehe

 

[digiblur]

Calling BS too...

I feel sorry for anyone this guy installs for. I'm not basing this on just this post either.