Re: Smart TV

hckynutjohn · ‎06-15-2015

Hi momtodogs,

Smart tv sets generally have better components than the others. Sometimes, depending on the source and especially if the Smart tv has a much bigger screen, video can look worse. No matter if video is shown in HD or SD, the "SOURCE" material is still the key. Bad source=Bad reproduction=picture qualty diminished.

My new 4k Smart TV is said to "upgrade anything viewed UP TO NEAR 4k quality". The word NEAR? Not even close with my old eyes, I've watched several True 4k material and the word NEAR? About as near as the planet Earth is to Mars. You have to see true 4k to be able to understand the difference.

Major Networks many times have HD broadcasts that look terrible, to this purist videophile anyways. No TV set can make terrible sources look good. Some Networks use newer and better equipment to film their shows and the end results can be a very different picture seen by the viewer.

Has your husband tried resetting some if the options within the "PICTURE" choices? My set has so many settings it took me lots of"trial and error" to find the best settings. We watch this TV in our South facing/all glass patio room. Needless to say the best settings were there is a lot of ambient light are not the same as if were viewing in a pitch dark room.

hckynut(john)

qbetzforreal · ‎08-28-2010

We have a Smart Vizio. We like it. No problems. It has built in wi-fi. No problems with streaming.

milkbone · ‎10-22-2015

Research how much your cable provider will allow you to stream, BEFORE they raise your RATES !!!

Watching online is nice BUT LOL

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK

glb613 · ‎03-09-2010

@milkbone wrote:
Research how much your cable provider will allow you to stream, BEFORE they raise your RATES !!!

Watching online is nice BUT LOL

It's a lot. I stream and don't come close to the max I'm allowed.

Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

@glb613 wrote:
@milkbone wrote:
Research how much your cable provider will allow you to stream, BEFORE they raise your RATES !!!

Watching online is nice BUT LOL
It's a lot. I stream and don't come close to the max I'm allowed.

I stream a lot too. It have never come near the cap.