Tuning of Toshiba LCD TV WLG66P Series

    Hello


    First of all I am not a technical person so please bear that in mind when replying - thank you ! =)


    I just bought a Toshiba 37WLG66P LCD TV online in Switzerland. I now understand that this particular model is not oficially sold in the Switzerland though the 26,32 & 42 size in the same series models are available.


    I was unable to tune the TV digitally as it gave only an option for Germany & France so I had to tune the set Manually on analogue mode. I am unable to locate / specify any channel on the K band. Many of the TV channels look absolutely terrible ?(


    Is there any way I can configure the set to receive the digital channels ? Also if I move to another county outside EU will I be able to re-tune this set digitally?


    I also purchased the Toshiba DVD with HDMI connection but I have not seen any improvement in the DVD picture quality in fact it like a old VHS quality at best. Is it better to set the resolution at 720 instead of 1080 on HDMI as I have done ?


    Thank you for any help on these questions.

    Jb

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von J B Gude ()

    Do you have a list of frequencies of TV channels available? If not, try to obtain one from your cable provider and enter and save them one by one, since manually scanning the whole frequency spectrum for channels and fine-tuning by hand will probably take ages to finish.


    As to general quality, there are mainly two problems with most LCD TVs nowadays:
    The first is that there simply is not enough adequate high resolution content available yet, which these LCD TVs are intended for.
    The second issue is that displaying PAL signals (or any other signals non-native to the panel's resolution) on LCD TVs will in most cases actually look worse than on CRT TVs, since the signal has to be deinterlaced and interpolated to fit the screen's native resolution. However, the deinterlacer/scaling chips built in most LCD TVs do a fairly poor job. And external deinterlacer solutions (e.g. by iScan) capable of bringing standard definition signals into a format that looks pleasing on a 1366x768 screen are still kind of expensive.


    So, basically, the way to go is
    to either only - or mostly - watch HDTV content, or
    to use an external scaler solution, or
    even better: do both.


    Sorry, that's about the most non-technical explanation I was able to give. I hope I made some sense, though.

    Thank you for the tip tetsuo: That is exactly what I have already done regarding tuning - I have done it manually. I still cannot get a few channels that the cable sender puts on the "K" band.
    My question is can I change the Digital country tuning mode from " Germany/ France" to include Switzerland?


    Can you also please give me some more idea/ clue regarding the external interlacer I-scan ?


    Thank you again !

    Thank you for the tip tetsuo: That is exactly what I have already done regarding tuning - I have done it manually. I still cannot get a few channels that the cable sender puts on the "K" band.


    Zitat

    My question is can I change the Digital country tuning mode from " Germany/ France" to include Switzerland?


    Sorry, but I have no idea.
    Maybe phoning Toshiba's support line or googling for discussions of similar experiences by users owning the same TV model/series might help.


    Zitat

    Can you also please give me some more idea/ clue regarding the external interlacer I-scan ?


    http://www.dvdo.com/pro/index.php
    You can find used ones for around 800 Euros on ebay. This may still seem pretty pricy, but it does make all the difference in image quality.


    To get the most out of an iscan video processor, it is best to use it on an LCD TV that allows to deactivate any proprietary filters. This is called 1:1 pixel mapping, meaning that the signal is displayed exactly in the desired format as received from the output of the iscan, without the TV applying to it any processing of its own.
    I don't know if the Toshiba model you've mentioned allows for 1:1 pixel mapping, - so this would be something to consider first if one wants to get the full potential.

    Thank you : I really appreciate your help. Sadly I will have to wait a bit for any major ( for me) expenses.


    Why is it that even the more expensive TVs do not have this picture enhancement feature built in ?


    I wonder if it is worth waiting for the next generation of TVs that can improve the picture quality - or do you think it is still a long time away?