LCD panel tv's

[chiquita24 0]

I thought these digital tv's were suppose to make the picture look better! Mine looks worse!! I've tried everything I know how to and looked up some info online, but I still can't get a good picture. I feel like my eyes are straining to see the picture. And the color of the peoples' skin looks terrible. It's a Dynex 20"LCD tv, if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear it!

[Pokerstar 0]

a few things to try, but first a few questions.

1. what source are you using? cable? dish? antenna?
2. have you done any adjusting to the pic?

My first suggestion is to give it a good adjustment for color, brightness, contrast, sharpness etc

To adjust.

find the best picture source (channel) you can, or a dvd
turn the color all the way off
turn the sharpness 3/4 of the way down
using the brightness and contrast get the best black and white picture you can.
add a little sharpness until it gets grainy, then back it down a bit
add color to get a good color picture
adjust the tint.

that should help a lot. if not, PM me, and I can help., Dynex is our house brand, and if it is messed up we can make sure you get helped.

Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber.
--- The Dude ---

[SuFantasma 0]

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I thought these digital tv's were suppose to make the picture look better! Mine looks worse!! I've tried everything I know how to and looked up some info online, but I still can't get a good picture. I feel like my eyes are straining to see the picture. And the color of the peoples' skin looks terrible. It's a Dynex 20"LCD tv, if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear it!

Ok, what do you mean by worse? Muddy looking? Colors? Dark? Light? Missing porn channels?

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[PhreeZone 20]

It only looks better if you are using a High Definition input. If you are using Cable or an Antenna its going to look the same if not slightly worse. HD on a 20 inch TV is not worth the money, its only really worth it at 32 inches or larger in my opinion.

Color is adjustable via the menu, every TV needs tweaked for its best and most accurate setting.

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[ryoder 1,590]

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It only looks better if you are using a High Definition input. If you are using Cable or an Antenna its going to look the same if not slightly worse.

So there is no such thing as HDTV via an antenna?
I guess I better throw out that HD tuner I've been using for the last couple years.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[DSE 5]

A few things...
The screen you have is a 1440 x 900 pixel/resolution. If you feed it a low resolution signal such as a standard def TV signal, then the picture will appear soft. If the signal isn't strong, it'll appear soft and likely washed out.
Dynex does not have a good rescaler. No low-cost television does. Feed it a good HD signal from your cable or DTV receiver, or feed it 1080i/p from a Blu-ray player, it'll look like you expect it to.
As far as color, you can buy color calibration DVDs, or if you know how to feed it a still image, I can email you a color chart with instructions that will help you calibrate it.
one thing to look for, in the Dynex setup menu, it has extreme contrast and brightness settings. Be sure you're not in those modes for brightly light rooms. It'll make skin appear reddish and everything else will be bluish-green.
HTH

[JerryBaumchen 1,468]

Hi chiquita,

When I got my 42" I just hooked it up and got a poor picture. So one day I called the 800 number and they told me to input the HD channels; I was inputting the analog channels.

Give it a try, made all the difference for me,

JerryBaumchen
I'm not much with this electronic stuff

[PhreeZone 20]

OK.. there is OTA HD also but that is a different tuner and you know that.

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[Icon134 0]

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OK.. there is OTA HD also but that is a different tuner and you know that.

sure... most of us do... but what I think is funny is when they say stuff like you said on the news and such.

I realize they're playing to the "majority" but I've been watching HD over the air using a not even fancy UHF antenna mounted on a post in my attic.

I just get a kick out of the marketing of things like "HDTV Antennas" when there isn't actually any difference. I suppose one nice side affect of the transistion to HD (at least in my area) is that my local stations are all in the UHF spectrum and thus I don't need as large an antenna...

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[chiquita24 0]

***It'll make skin appear reddish and everything else will be bluish-green.


This is exactly what it's doing. I did fix it some, but I still can't get a perfect picture. The signal is through a satellite from Dish Network. When I play a DVD the picture is much better.

[chiquita24 0]

I would describe it as foggy, grainy, dull and.....just not a good picture.

[DSE 5]

Another thing to check is that cables are good. A bad shield could be an issue. Or, poor reception. Or...simply a bad upconverter (bad as in not very good, not "bad, as in broken")