Why does my LCD TV look blurry?

Will component cables make my LCD tv look less blurry?

  • i just boughta Samsung 32" LCD 720p hdtv. i have the regular red/yellow/white cables hooked up to a regular magnavox dvd player. but when i watch movies, the tv looks like it is focusing in and out and it looks blurry when the camera moves to fast. will component cables help this problem?

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    LCD motion lag combined with upscaling issues are probably the problem. Go to component cables and let your DVD player do the upscaling.

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Not really..An LCD has a slow response time on fast motion.. The only REAL fix is to get a plasma... The 120/240 refresh rate does not fix the problem...just masks it and helps slightly.Component/HDMI cables will not help this problem that all LCD and LED's have..

Rich

It depends on your dvd player. If you DVD player is progressive, you will see little difference as instead of 480i you will get 480p. If you have an upconvert DVD player that can do it with component cables instead of only HDMI cables. You will get a less blurry picture as it will increase your resolution to 720p. Native resolution of the set. I can only know for sure if I know the exact model of the Magnavox player. Not all upconvert DVD player upconvert via component cables

Cristiano

The component cable will provide a better video than that of the composite cable. Keep in mind that all LCD tv have a problem with blur motion, you need to get the 120HZ or the 240HZ refresh rate specially when playing video games or watching fast action sports. Samsung is a very good brand of tv that the rest of them. Keep in mind also that the low end of the product line is also not as good as the top end. Hope this will help you out.

bbt91945

The composite cables you are currently using do not support HD. Composite cables or an HDMI cable will. Are you experiencing motion lag? Moving objects not moving smoothly, but with a stutter or judder? That's a problem with LCD TVs. It's called Judder. That's why you are seeing LCD sets come out with 120Hz or 240Hz refresh rates. They redraw the screen more frequently, smoothing out the motion.

Uncle Pennybags

Yes. Red, white and Yellow cables are very poor quality. Depends on the type of DVD player you have though. Some of the newer ones have HDMI support which will upscale DVDs. This will be the best type of cable to use since both Video and audio is delivered through one small cable digitally.

V8VANTAGE

Yes they will.

Mmm you sound a bit rude to the previous answers when they are only trying to give you advice on a subject you plainly know NOTHING about! ("if that was an inherently completely obvious problem, no body would buy them") Oh but people DO, just like YOU did, because you saw this great looking image in a store but they use the correct cables and feed a specially selected video to show at its best! I will try and help you and explain as clearly as possible the very technical subject. (Without knowing the actual video source (what movie) and at what moment/time this issue occurs AND the exact make and MODEL NUMBER it's going to generic) LCD screens because of their design suffer from what is termed 'motion blur', that is the screen cannot cope with a fast changing image, a ball being kicked for instance, so the ball looks blurry as it travels across the screen OR as the camera pans across the screen same thing but in reverse as it where (all the background quickly changes whilst the ball seems static in its position on the screen) One of the reasons one model is more expensive than the other (within the same brand/make) is that the more costly screen will better be able to cope with fast moving objects (hopefully), the actual components will be a better grade (affecting performance), also how well it copes with different inputs especially poor signals! So, firstly CHANGE the composite cable for a better form of connection! That is the worst form of input you can feed it, very few can cope with a composite input AND reproduce any sort of quality picture! You are also NOT going to get a brilliant picture from the Magnavox either (The reason some DVD players are more expensive is the same explanation above) You are NOT feeding/supplying your HIGH DEFINITION tv with a HIGH DEFINITION SIGNAL! How can you expect it to work? You SHOULD be feeding the set from EITHER a 'HDMI' OR 'COMPONENT' cable! At the bare minimum use a RGB connected 'Scart' lead, but ONLY if your DVD player AND the tv support RGB over the scart connection (the cheaper models tend to support only 'composite' via 'Scart'. Of course you then need to connect an audio signal, the red/white cable is (barely) sufficient, certainly NOT HD or 'Surround' compatible, you need to use a 'Digital' cable and connection for that (optical or coaxial) fed to a compatible surround sound decoder (NOT a 'home theatre in a box'!!) All this is presuming you have changed the default settings from 'store mode' (over enhanced vivid picture, looks good under store lighting but a terrible picture in reality) Also have turned OFF all'picture enhancement' settings (regardless of what people think they make a poor image WORSE) and carried out a basic screen calibration, google it, but DON'T ask other users for THEIR settings they are only good for THEIR screen, each one differs! You can generally start by putting all basic settings (Contrast, Brightness, Colour and Back Light) to mid point. Now you have purchased a technologically advanced High Definition piece of equipment you really need to learn how to use it, it is NOT as simple as just plugging it in, regardless of what the salesman tells you! After a 'Google' I suggest you go to somewhere like AVForums.com and have a read their, it is a mine of GOOD information. I repeat, CHANGE the lead for a High Definition type, CALIBRATE the screen, LEARN what HD & LCD screens are all about and how to use them. IF you have a good screen you WILL get a perfectly watchable image though certainly not the best, your next weak point being the DVD player itself followed by LCD technology (Plasma screens suffer far less from motion blur but have their own idiosyncrasy's)

Siaynoq

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