ITV Picture Quality

**webby** · 13-12-2009, 18:17

Could someone please tell me why the picture quality on ITV is so bad compared with most other channels. I mean sometimes it's bad, and sometimes it's worse than bad! Very blocky.

I have a Panny 42" PX80 plasma fed with sky plus.

**Themis** · 13-12-2009, 18:19

If it's satellite, your plate needs adjusting, I think.

**DSJR** · 13-12-2009, 18:20

We use freeview and it's ALL bad, and that with a now elderly Panasonic 28" CRT telly. Bigger modern screens seem to emphasise any pixillation going on (and I thought it was the screens doing it).

I suspect it's either setup or TV companies doing the usual "lowest common denominator" thing again.....

**Rare Bird** · 13-12-2009, 18:26

Exactly dave all TV is shit quality, i don't even know why i'm gonna spend so much on a new TV to be honest.Lucky i'm not bothered about watching the box, as long as my Cult 60's/70's Si-fi DVD's look good i'm cool.

**mercury1 (trolling as Dave K)** · 13-12-2009, 18:27

Originally Posted by Themis

If it's satellite, your plate needs adjusting, I think.

But there again, if you're using a plate maybe you'd be better using a dish

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Sorry Themis, I couldn't resist it - no offence my friend, I genuinely admire your command of our sometimes very weird language.

**DSJR** · 13-12-2009, 18:33

Originally Posted by Andre

Exactly dave all TV is shit quality, i don't even know why i'm gonna spend so much on a new TV to be honest.Lucky i'm not bothered about watching the box, as long as my Cult 60's/70's Si-fi DVD's look good i'm cool.

I'm a huge fan of UFO and I thought the DVD's were superbly re-mastered. the HD transfers are certainly better on small background resolution (writing on control panels etc) but someone tinkered with the excellent colour grading of the earlier transfers..

Just like "re-mastering" CD's innit?

**Themis** · 13-12-2009, 18:35

Originally Posted by mercury1

But there again, if you're using a plate maybe you'd be better using a dish

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Sorry Themis, I couldn't resist it - no offence my friend, I genuinely admire your command of our sometimes very weird language.

(pardon my ignorance. No offence, really : it makes me lough, on the contrary !

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**Jonboy** · 13-12-2009, 19:02

I'm on Virgin Cable, just had all my cables replaced because my dopey brother-inlaw put a spade through the line in from the road and i still get a good one minute and bad the next picture, perhaps there plate has gone

But must admit it seems to be worse lately looks like low cloud type satelite interference where the picture breaks up and the pixels get bigger?

**Rare Bird** · 13-12-2009, 19:22

Originally Posted by DSJR

I'm a huge fan of UFO and I thought the DVD's were superbly re-mastered. the HD transfers are certainly better on small background resolution (writing on control panels etc) but someone tinkered with the excellent colour grading of the earlier transfers..

Just like "re-mastering" CD's innit?

Aye they are amazing picture quality.. Same with the Prisoner, their are some appauling issues on DVD especially the collector club..The best i have & seen is the Region 0 Austraian ones on Carlton/Umbrella..the pictures awesome.. Saying that the now deleted Space 1999 S1&2 are great lot better then i remember em on TV...

**The Vinyl Adventure** · 13-12-2009, 20:15

I got a 37" px80. Itv picture quality seems ok certainly for the most part itv 2 is pretty gash though and the +1 channels are awful! But then most of what is on tv is shite anyway so ...

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