Hi Everyone,
I have just bought a new Toshiba 32ZP48.I set it up 2 days ago and am very pleased with the picture on my DVD player,but the picture through my Sky plus box is a bit grainy as if it is a poor signal.
I think I have everything set up ok,I have the sky set to rgb.Scart 1 to tv on sky plus box.The picture is ok for normal programmes but on watching the football on sky this afternoon it even looked grainy from 8 feet away.I have tried all the different setting,natural is the best the 100hz setting which is recomended for sport is slightly worse.
I have toned all the settings down as recomended on other threads,contrast 44, bright 53,colour 53,this improves the picture but watching sport is still not as good as my old 6 year old Toshiba.
I have a good scart cable fitted and have tried changing cables but the pq does not change.
I think the problem is the signal from sky.The signal quality indicator in services is ok,and I cannot work out why the picture up close was better on my old Tosh.
Any help would be very welcome

[TankTopLover]

If you have'nt already done so..change the sharpness to -20.that helps alot and reduces the blocky effect.I have no 'grainy' pic,just some channels look a little blocky like ITV (crap)

Heres my settings for sky:

Colour: 38
Contrast: 49
Brightness: 62
sharpness: -20
Tint: 0
Colour Temp: Normal
Scan Mode: Progressive
Black Stretch: OFF

[houdini_7]

i know exactly what you mean, with regard to watching live sport.
I have the 36ZP48 and i noticed the grainy effect...but I recently upgraded from Sky Digital to Sky + and the PQ has improved ten fold, not sure whether it was the connection from the dish but the problem has completely gone away.

Thanks for replying,

I have Sky plus and the picture is still quite grainy close up,and even from normal viewing distance on some channels.

I have the settings about the same as suggested except mine are on normal mode as the others are even worse, is there anything I can do to improve this as I mainly watch sport and I think the picture was better on my old Telly
for sport.

Is there anything I can do to get a better reception from Sky and my pq would improve.

Thanks Again

[houdini_7]

As i said i'm not actually sure what prompted the improvement in PQ from the Sky + installation. One thing the engineer did do was put new connectors on the cable coming from the dish as he said they weren't done very well.

How old is your Sky + box?

My sky plus box is about 3 months old.The reception seemed ok with my old tv,but I wonder if it is because the new one is better quality the poorer reception shows up more,if that makes sense.

[houdini_7]

How high are your signal strength bars etc on your sky + box?

The signal strength is just past halfway and the quality is three quarters up.