SD channel looks fuzzy in LCD TV?

[_Pappu_]

My old SONY CRT TV has got some problem, Sony trinitron crt tv 14 inch, horizontal bright line appearing, no picture, turning off immediately after showing horizontal bright line partially.. so rather spending a lot of money in repairing i am thinking to buy new LCD TV..

I have checked some showrooms but noticed that SD channel looks fuzzy in LCD TV, only HD channels looks great.. So i think still, only CRTs are better in showing SD channels..

So plz tel me..

- in LCD TV, is there any other way to get SD channels in good quality as CRT TVs or even better?

- SD channel looks fuzzy even in small screen like 15", 19", 22" LCD / LED TVs?

- Setting up LCD TV's resolution to 480i/480p can help in this matter? Bcoz i think SD channel's imperfections appears in LCD bcoz LCD's resolution is 720i/1080p ..


- & also using of component video can help in this matter?

 

[john_k_antony]

I found plasma TVs do a better job with SD channels. I have a Sony rear projection LCD TV. SD channels looks okay in it.

I don't know if an upscaled (using any AVR with HD upscaling) SD signals looks any good in LCD TV. Haven't tried that option though. Others can comment.

-John.

 

[baijuxavior]

SD is not for hd tvs. They look good in the old crt tvs. But that doesn't mean lcd is not good for videos. Infact the problem is with the source which is sd. This is like watching a 3gp mobile clip in full screen.

In most display showrooms, the lcd tv is set in 16:9 aspect ratio which will look bad for 4:3 sd content. Set the tv to 4:3 and check again.

 

[aakashr]

Old CTR tv's are made for SD content while all flat panels are made for HD. If you are expecting the same SD quality as CRT on a flat panel you will be disappointed. There are a few tricks:
Plasma generally would do a better job with SD processing. They would come closest to how a CRT would look.
Higher the TV resolution greater is the video upscaling required to display it, so a HD ready tv would be more advisable than a full HD tv for watching SD content.
HDMI, Component Video, S-Video, Composite Video, RF : this is the order of video quality based on the connection you make.
A HD set top box with HDMI will also upscale the SD channels a bit so it would look a lot better than regular SD content.
If you do buy a flat panel suggest to get a HD cable box so you can enjoy HD channels alongwith upscaled SD content.