Next time don't buy your cables locally. Even $25 is way too much. You can get HDMI (and other cables) for a few bucks from monoprice.com. Digital is digital is digital, don't believe the hype that you need more expensive cables unless you are running REALLY long cable runs.
SeaRascal - one of the best websites for information about any specific piece of A/V gear is www.avsforum.com. Look for "Displays", and then LCD, plasma or whatever. Search for the owner's thread for your specific model of TV, and you can dialogue with other owners. Good luck.
SeaRascal,
You mention a boat and a coax input. What you did not mention is the signal origin. Since boat indicates an off-air signal then you would a suitable antenna and converter box to get any kind of decent signal, since all signal now is digital, It always helps in trobleshooting when the complete hardware setup is known.
Harry
SeaRascal:
Yes, all of my settings have been fine. I honestly didn't expect to see any further response to this since I already resolved the problem months ago.
"Now a question for you. In your first post you stated: My new HDTV is a Samsung UN26D4003 (26") LED TV and I love it. I have decided not to buy an HDMI cable for the time being because the picture quality is great, especially since I changed the settings in accordance with recommendations that I found on a Samsung website."
I was referring to the calibration settings like brightness, contrast, blacklight, sharpness, etc. etc. I just redid the keyword search. All you have to do is go to google and type in "recommended calibration settings (and then the name and model of your TV, in my case Samsung UN26D4003 26 LED TV)" and then open up the page that says "calibration Samsung (TV model)". The website is televisioninfo.com
I'm not sure if that would solve your problem though, if you have a TV on a boat. Like someone else here said, a TV on a boat can't be connected to any phone or cable wires on your property. Right? If your TV is a flatscreen you wouldn't need a converter box. You need an antenna. That's the one thing I don't like about the digital. When you're getting it over the air, it's very sensitive to any changes in the weather conditions and the whole picture will freeze up or go out completely. I suppose you could try a rooftop antenna.
malletto writes:
"Next time don't buy your cables locally. Even $25 is way too much. You can get HDMI (and other cables) for a few bucks from monoprice.com. Digital is digital is digital, don't believe the hype that you need more expensive cables unless you are running REALLY long cable runs." Point taken. Thank you. I just looked at that website to see for myself. To be very honest, 25 bucks didn't really seem like much and I still don't think it's much but every little bit helps to keep down the costs.
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