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Quality of THD over SD DirecTivo

Discussion in 'TiVo Series3 HDTV DVRs' started by mikesown, Oct 13, 2007.

  1. Oct 13, 2007 #1 of 4
    mikesown

    mikesown New Member

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    I have a pretty crappy TV. Well, not exactly crappy, but a CRT SDTV. It's a CRT 27" Sony WEGA. Right now, I have a DirecTivo hooked up to the S-Video in. The TV has a component input, but only up to 480i. Should I expect any significant quality difference of the quality of the picture using 480i component(from an HD picture) versus S-Video(on my DirecTivo, from an SD signal)?

    Thanks,
    Mike
     
  2. Oct 14, 2007 #2 of 4
    zaknafein

    zaknafein Shorthanded

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    There is marked improvement. An HD signal, even downrezed to 480i, still looks pretty damn good compared to a standard definition signal. I've seen it first hand, and upgrading to component will give you some improvement in color saturation.

    In fact, I did almost exactly the same thing for about 2 years: HD DVR outputing 480i to a 27" CRT display over component video. I finally upgraded to an HD display about 6 months ago.
     
  3. Oct 14, 2007 #3 of 4
    nrc

    nrc Cracker Soul

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    I also saw an improvement in most of my SD channels switching to WOW cable. DTV's compression has caught up with them.
     
  4. Oct 14, 2007 #4 of 4
    Graymalkin

    Graymalkin Grumpy Poster

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    I definitely saw an improvement in the SD channels when I hooked up my TiVo HD to a 11-year-old RCA tube that had only S-video. And that was before I switched from analog cable to digital.
     

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