Hi, Brother bought the above tv last week but the picture quality isn't great. Is this because HD has high demands that non-hd channels can't meet or because the tv is crap? or because the settings need to be adjusted?

Thanks

It might be a combination of both the settings and the fact that cheaper LCDs aren't usually very good at SD (I assume he doesn't have HD).

You can probably adjust the settings to improve the PQ a fair bit but remember there are limits and an LCD of that price is unlikely to give the sort of PQ you would expect from an average CRT.

Hi, It is HD, you can see the pixels sort of, you know like when you go into argos or Currys or wherever and watch the screens?

It was £300....my own crappy massive 14" is better quality..!!!

No, it's not HD, HD refers to what you're feeding it, as you're only feeding it SD the TV has to upscale it, cheap crappy TV's have cheap crappy upscalers, and look absolutely horrible.

It should be quite a bit better on it's internal Freeview tuner (assuming you can get Freeview?), or an a Sky box, but it's essential the Sky box is connected via RGB.

But basically cheap LCD's have crappy pictures!.

£300 is cheap for a tv?!! I honestly don't see what the fuss is with the new tvs these days. It does have internal Freeview, what is this about SD/ HD then? If it is a HD tv it doesn't neccessarily mean we are viewing in HD (i know that much) but SD? mmh?

An LCD or Plasma TV has a resolution higher than normal SD TV pictures, so it has to stretch (upscale) the picture to fit the screen. This is a VERY difficult procedure, and cheap TV's do it fairly poorly, resuklting in crap pictures.

When you're feeding HD from an external source (Sky HD or an HD DVD system) then the HD picture is either passed to the screen "as is" or down-scaled to fit. In either case, it's FAR better than upscaling.

When looking at LCDs or Plasmas £300 is a cheap set. SD is standard definition, as opposed to high definition. The vast majority of TV that you are watching will be SD, and as explained above this is 'processed' by the tv. The cheaper the tv the cheaper the process...