chuckwagon53511
05-10-2004, 06:16 PM
Please don't hesitate to reply, I'm extremely frustrated. Questions are numbered for ease of answering. Thanks for any help
I recently purchased a Hitachi 65s700. I brought it home and I'm not happy with the picture quality I'm getting from Time Warner Cable. My picture looks real grainy. Kind of like little boxes. It's not horrible but it's far from the quality I expected. I'm not sure what the cause is behind it. When playing DVD's the picture is near perfect. I'd like to up grade my DVD player, but what I have works for now. (Samsung about $80) (0) I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this problem with cable tv or if I purchased a TV that is of low quality? I was under the impression that Hitachi was one of the best brands available. (1) If someone thinks otherwise please voice your opinion. But please make it an opinion on quality not personal preference. I really want the best I can get for a somewhat reasonable price. (2) If satellite helps with the picture quality please let me know!!!! Please voice opinions on wether to go with Dish Network or Direct TV!
Satellite seems like my only other option before I take the TV back.
I researched my purchase for a couple of days and thought I was getting the best I could afford in a RPTV. . I'm under the impression that satellite will help but I don't want to sign up for a years worth of service only to find out that I have to take my tv back to the store.
I'm also interested in how much of a benefit buying a HDTV with a built in tuner was. I'm starting to think that it was a waste of money. (3) I'm under the impression that you would still have to buy/rent Time Warner, Dish Network, Direct TV or whoever's receiver in order to pick up the channels in HD. Is this true? (4) I"m assuming you can still buy a HD antenna to hook onto your house to receive whatever local channels are broadcast in HDTV, but is this the only benefit of a built in tuner? (5) I'm just curious what the benefit of having an integrated HDTV is? (6) I'd like to know if I can subscribe to satellite and use my built in tuner instead of their boxes? (probably not) I'm not aware that my tuner is Dish Network or Direct TV compatable. Direct TV wants $299-$999 for a HDTV Box.(Can't get Dish Network where I live) (7) I thought purchasing a tv with the HD tuner built in would allow me to get HDTV channels over satellite without their receiver? (8) This is off the HD subject but would I still get the regular programming from satellite without their receiver using my built in tuner? (once again I'm assuming not)
Now, I'm assuming you have to pay for channels in HDTV from the satellite provider. OK, that's fine, let's say I only get the basic receiver that isn't HDTV. (9) Will the tuner that is built into my TV pick up the HDTV channels anyway as long as I subscribe to the HDTV programming for the additional money? Or do I still have to buy the receiver from the satellite company? The local satellite company wasn't much help. (10) Can anyone recommend a quality site that could help?
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED. My foot is broke and in a cast for another month, it was hard enough getting a 300+ pound tv in the house to begin with. I really don't want to take it back to the store, but I will if I have to. (no, not by myself!!!!)
Thanks again.......
I recently purchased a Hitachi 65s700. I brought it home and I'm not happy with the picture quality I'm getting from Time Warner Cable. My picture looks real grainy. Kind of like little boxes. It's not horrible but it's far from the quality I expected. I'm not sure what the cause is behind it. When playing DVD's the picture is near perfect. I'd like to up grade my DVD player, but what I have works for now. (Samsung about $80) (0) I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this problem with cable tv or if I purchased a TV that is of low quality? I was under the impression that Hitachi was one of the best brands available. (1) If someone thinks otherwise please voice your opinion. But please make it an opinion on quality not personal preference. I really want the best I can get for a somewhat reasonable price. (2) If satellite helps with the picture quality please let me know!!!! Please voice opinions on wether to go with Dish Network or Direct TV!
Satellite seems like my only other option before I take the TV back.
I researched my purchase for a couple of days and thought I was getting the best I could afford in a RPTV. . I'm under the impression that satellite will help but I don't want to sign up for a years worth of service only to find out that I have to take my tv back to the store.
I'm also interested in how much of a benefit buying a HDTV with a built in tuner was. I'm starting to think that it was a waste of money. (3) I'm under the impression that you would still have to buy/rent Time Warner, Dish Network, Direct TV or whoever's receiver in order to pick up the channels in HD. Is this true? (4) I"m assuming you can still buy a HD antenna to hook onto your house to receive whatever local channels are broadcast in HDTV, but is this the only benefit of a built in tuner? (5) I'm just curious what the benefit of having an integrated HDTV is? (6) I'd like to know if I can subscribe to satellite and use my built in tuner instead of their boxes? (probably not) I'm not aware that my tuner is Dish Network or Direct TV compatable. Direct TV wants $299-$999 for a HDTV Box.(Can't get Dish Network where I live) (7) I thought purchasing a tv with the HD tuner built in would allow me to get HDTV channels over satellite without their receiver? (8) This is off the HD subject but would I still get the regular programming from satellite without their receiver using my built in tuner? (once again I'm assuming not)
Now, I'm assuming you have to pay for channels in HDTV from the satellite provider. OK, that's fine, let's say I only get the basic receiver that isn't HDTV. (9) Will the tuner that is built into my TV pick up the HDTV channels anyway as long as I subscribe to the HDTV programming for the additional money? Or do I still have to buy the receiver from the satellite company? The local satellite company wasn't much help. (10) Can anyone recommend a quality site that could help?
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED. My foot is broke and in a cast for another month, it was hard enough getting a 300+ pound tv in the house to begin with. I really don't want to take it back to the store, but I will if I have to. (no, not by myself!!!!)
Thanks again.......