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mostin
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Feb 17, 2004, 12:41 PM

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I'm hoping someone can give me an accurate answer because every time I ask this question at Best Buy or Circuit City I get a different answer. I have a Panasonic 42" EDTV Plasma. DVD's look beautiful on it. I am feeding it DirecTV via a standard RCA satellite receiver. The picture at times looks okay, but most of the time it's blotchy. Since I don't have a component output on my satellite receiver, I'm using the S-video connection. My question is this: If I purchase a DirecTV HD satellite receiver, will I see any difference on my EDTV monitor? I'm not expecting HD, but maybe something that would compare with a DVD. Thanks for any help.

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Oct 2, 2004, 6:44 PM

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If you pump an HD signal through your set, you'll see a HUGE difference. I have a Samsung EDTV Plasma and a Samsung DirecTV HD receiver, and the HD signals are stunning. The difference between a not HD signal and HD signal, even on an EDTV set, are'nt even comparable....

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Oct 9, 2004, 4:52 PM

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First let me say you got a great plasma. Satellite signal is compressed and dosent always look so good. Second on the panasonics use the rca they for some reason dont look as good using svideo--try both see what looks better. Hd signals will look great on your plasma. only 10% picture reduction for a true hd plasma.

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Oct 9, 2004, 7:44 PM

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Thanks and you were right, the difference is huge. Now all I need are more HD signals.

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Nov 4, 2004, 12:43 AM

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MOSTIN!> Yes HDTV receiver will definitely changed your viewing pleasure due to the COMPONENT OUTPUT. forget S-VIDEO. You will do it's best on COMPONENT OUTPUT.

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Nov 4, 2004, 4:34 PM

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Actually, if you've got a new plasma, one of the digital connectors (DVI, HDMI, Firewire) will be best...If I remember correctly, the new Panasonics have HDMI connectors...That's going to be an even better picture than composite for HD signal (though composite is definitely nice)

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