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jonathan68 · 02-18-2009, 05:46 AM

is your digital cable box an HDTV box or just a plain digital cable box. i have a 26 inch HDTV wide screen in my bedroom on a hdtv digital cable box , while watching any digital channel the picture does look "grainy" as you say because digital cable only shows in 480 i. but when i switch to a hi-def channel the picture is totally clear because it's running in either 720 or 1080i. i messed around with the brightness and the contrast a little bit and it helped out the grainy look on regular digital cable.

how is the box hooked to the tv set...... with just the cable wire from the box to the tv. is the box able to hooked to the tv via HDMI or composite cables, that will also help out the grainy look you are seeing.

02-18-2009, 05:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
jonathan68 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 153 OS: Vista Home Premium SP2 My System	Re: Question about picture quality of my new LCD HDTV is your digital cable box an HDTV box or just a plain digital cable box. i have a 26 inch HDTV wide screen in my bedroom on a hdtv digital cable box , while watching any digital channel the picture does look "grainy" as you say because digital cable only shows in 480 i. but when i switch to a hi-def channel the picture is totally clear because it's running in either 720 or 1080i. i messed around with the brightness and the contrast a little bit and it helped out the grainy look on regular digital cable. how is the box hooked to the tv set...... with just the cable wire from the box to the tv. is the box able to hooked to the tv via HDMI or composite cables, that will also help out the grainy look you are seeing. Last edited by jonathan68; 02-18-2009 at 05:50 AM.