brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | [TWC] Hd picture
On thursday i got my cable and internet service installed i just noticed how horrible the hd picture quality is using twc`s 4250hdc i compared to dish and dish blows em out or maybe its something wrong with my box? Thanks. |
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ignorant
join:2006-03-26
| How is the box hooked to the TV (HDMI, Component), if not HDMI what is the box set to output at? Press the yellow "a" on the remote, then press the left button a few times to get to the display tab, and then press up you should find the resolution settings there. |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY
edit:
July 6th, @07:02PM
| Its connected to the hdmi cable 480i dispalys on the cable box. |
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ignorant
join:2006-03-26
| When hooked up with HDMI you can't change the output res. it should do it automatically when the source changes from 480 to 1080 or 720....are you sure you're watching the high def feed for the channel that trying to watch. Not sure what channels they are there but here in SoCal SD ch#2 is 2, HD ch#2 is 402. |
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tom564
@rr.com | reply to brooklynman4
umm hd is only on the hd channels if your watching reg channles it will be 480i |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Kansas City, MO
clubs: | said by tom564 :
umm hd is only on the hd channels if your watching reg channles it will be 480i
precisely. If it says 480i on the box, you're watching non-HD channels. |
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mckenna797
join:2004-08-25
Astoria, NY | in NYC the hd channels on time warner start at channel 701 |
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Lysis
join:2005-03-30
Brooklyn, NY
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just got cable hooked up as well in bk, the picture looked crappy but then you have to hit settings, look at the menu on the bottom of the screen and scroll over to something like output or video and then scroll up on the left hand vertical menu and change it to 720P or 1080I |
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oldbuzzard
join:2001-12-06
Hudson, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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said by ignorant  :When hooked up with HDMI you can't change the output res. it should do it automatically when the source changes from 480 to 1080 or 720....are you sure you're watching the high def feed for the channel that trying to watch. Not sure what channels they are there but here in SoCal SD ch#2 is 2, HD ch#2 is 402. You have to set the box up to do that - it won't do it automatically. There is a quick set up option that defaults to 1080i and 480p that is easiest. Power Box OFF and then press "guide" and "info" on set top box. It will walk you through it from there. |
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ignorant
join:2006-03-26 | On the OCAP boxes if you are hooked up with HDMI, you can't change the output res. |
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oldbuzzard
join:2001-12-06
Hudson, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by ignorant :On the OCAP boxes if you are hooked up with HDMI, you can't change the output res. According to the user guide you can - he may as well take a crack at it. |
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Rombus
Premium
join:2007-04-11
Columbus, OH | reply to ignorant
If you cant change resolution on the HDMI, you should be able to soon. a software update about ~3 months ago brought that to NEO. I cant tell you for sure what version its on, but it is changeable now. |
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ignorant
join:2006-03-26 | Good to know, thank you. |
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anony234a
@fujitsu.com
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For those that don't know... When TWC upgraded the OCAP boxes a couple months back, the new version of the software REMOVED the routines to automatically detect the monitor attached to the box. Now you must go into the settings menu and define the resolutions that your monitor supports.
Now, this has been a hit and miss effort for TWC cause people that bought shitty TV's (aka: low cost) didn't fully support the HDMI communication standards that told the OCAP boxes what resolutions were supported. So instead TWC went back and makes the user define what their TV can do native to the panel. |
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robotron2084
join:2008-01-10
Chapel Hill, NC | reply to Rombus
2.4.9_3 fixed this as I recall. |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY
edit:
July 18th, @09:12PM
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Im gonna return the box because the picture is horrible i have a sharp aquos i compared the hd picture with dish using hdmi i think dish blows them out oh well was a try. |
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netPoser
join:2003-02-06
Spring Hope, NC
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My parents just move to Zebulon, NC (just east of Raleigh) and have TW cable/phone/Internet and their HD content(along with SD content) looks absolutely horrible on their 50" LG 1080p LCD TV.
I have DirecTV and my SD looks awesome and the HD looks stunning.
I told them to call TW (they did) and a tech came out and told them that is the best they can do. I told them to cancel the service and get Dish or DirecTV.
Every station looks blurry/washed out/ and pixelated. It looks as if they are compressing the signal way too much.
I took a photo of the Food Netwok HD logo with my Blackberry so I could compare that with my cheap Olevia 37"
Food Network Logo on my Mom and Dad's LG TV:
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Food and HGTV logos on my cheap Olevia :
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»farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/268···b3_b.jpg
I don't have TimeWarner but is it just that crappy? What should I tell my parents? It seems the TW folks think that quality is normal in the Raleigh area. |
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compnurd
Premium
join:2001-08-16
Concord, NC
clubs: | I have it in the charlotte area and it is VERY compressed. Getting Direct TV installed this week. |
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netPoser
join:2003-02-06
Spring Hope, NC
| I think a law should be passed where if cable co's compress their signals too much they can no longer call it HD. Like they do for Ice Cream, meat, etc..
I wonder how the content providers feel about this along with the TV manufacturers?
No wonder you read stories how people by expensive LCD and Plasma TV's only to take them back to the store because they don't see a difference, or they see it as worse. |
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compnurd
Premium
join:2001-08-16
Concord, NC
clubs: | There HD is horrible but there SD is a big problem. Some of the worst PQ i have ever seen. |
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