Sony KDF-E42A10 42-Inch LCD Rear Projection Television
Not too happy
I bought this TV about a month ago. I had no problems setting it up. I even had no problems getting local HD chanels over-air FREE. I was so happy. However, once I got cable...my mood changed. I reliazed that if the signal coming in is not High Def. then the picture can be \\"grainy\\" (little boxes around images) when there is a fast movement on the screen. Fast movements such as those in basketball games, soccer games, or simply person speaking.  <br /> <br />This is due to the signal coming in not being HIGH enough so it is streched over the screen. Here is explanation from SONY website: <br /> <br />\\"Inferior picture quality may occur on a High-Definition Television (HDTV) with a screen size over 36 inches when viewing a standard-definition signal. This is because the lines of resolution provided by a standard-definition signal are enlarged in order to properly fill the screen. Enlarging the lines of resolution not only increases the size of the video image, but will also make it easier to see video noise in the picture that causes distortion. For this reason, the picture quality on a HDTV is best when viewing a high-definition signal.\\" <br /> <br />I do have HD programing, and those are great, but there are very few chanels at this time, what do I do with other 200 standard digital chanels? If the signal coming in is not HD, then it should just give regular picture. But it does not, its all grainy and anoying.  <br /> <br />END RESULT: I was happy with the purchase until I realized that the regular standard digital cable chanels will always be grainy and not \\"normal\\". HD chanels are perfect, but there are very few HD chanells out there.