Hi all,

I have a Philips 32'' Widescreen 32PW8717¦12 connected to a Sky+ V2 via Scart RGB quality cables.

I've just watched the England - Jamaica game on BBC1 and the picture quality was quite poor with loads of artifacts around moving players.

I changed the settings and put "Sharpness" on maximum, it seemed a little better.

I've read of people changing factory settings in order to improve picture quality. How do I do it and should I do that?

Also, when I switch the TV on, it has always had a shaky picture, which stabilised after a short while...

Any advice welcome!

gaffer

Not sure what the shaky picture is - might be a fault.

For BBC1, you might be able to cut out a lot of the digital artifacts by using analogue BBC1 instead of the digital version on satellite. For best effect you will need a good analogue signal (one without any snow).

As for the digital, have made sure the Sky settings are set to RGB in the setup menu? ...and the scart from the Sky to the tv plugs into the RGB-SCART on the tv (many tv's with extra scarts often only have them wired up for composite).

If its a 100Hz tv, you might want to try switching off the 100Hz option in the menu.

Dave

Just make sure it is connected to the Sky TV Scart socket as that is the only one which outputs RGB and make sure it is turned on within the Picture Settings menu.


This was probably down to a poor quality low bitrate broadcast and not your TV.


It is not advisable...there is nothing within your models service menu which will improve the picture.


You have a fault which will eventually get worse and probably destroy a few components so if I was you I'd get it seen to pronto...after all you don't want it breaking down in the next month.

Confirming what is said above I saw parts of this game on 2 different Tvs including my own LG LCD and a brand new Sharp LCD I was helping a neighbour install and saw exactlly what you describe. The Sharps picture was very good on everything else so maybe this was just a very poor transmission for some reason.

Richard

Thanks guys.

The TV only has one RGB scart connector, so the Sky+ box and DVD player are both connected via an RGB switcher.
To be honest, I don't think that the switcher would decrease the picture quality.

Regarding the "shaking", it's only when I switch it on, the TV takes a few seconds to adjust to optimal picture quality...
It's always done that, and I've had the TV since the last World Cup.

Would you advise me to not have "sharpness" on maximum?

Thanks,

gaffer

No turn the sharpness down, also I notice your TV is a 100Hz model. These types of TV are notorious for highlighting artefacts as well as creating their own on top due to all the additional processing features they have.

I have a 32" 100Hz TV and what works best for me is to turn off all picture processing (usually in the menus) such as noise reduction/filters etc, run it as vanilla as you can and then just use the standard colour/contrast/brightness to adjust the picture. Most of these features are actually for supposedly improving analogue pictures, but for digital pictures they are more prone to making them look worse.