Poor Picture on LCD

[jerry430]

I have three MVPs connected to three CRTs. The picture was very good on all sets and was equal to cable TV. I recently replaced the 32 inch CRT with a 40" Sony LCD. The cable picture is great, but is terrible when watching recorded programs through the MVP, much worse than the CRT. I tried replacing the video input with a S-video cable but the picture quality is still worse than a VHS.
Is this typical, or am I doing something wrong?

[psycik]

You're probably just seeing the differences between an SD CRT and an HD capable LCD screen. It will also probably show up any quality issues you have in your recordings (i.e. if analogue).

What about other stuff like DVD's to they look better on your new screen?

[mvallevand]

SD on HD is never great but another factor might be the default conversion of non-MPEG-2 files is to very low resolution (352x288 or 352x240).

Martin

[jerry430]

SD shows on cable look fine and DVDs are good also. It's just stuff watched through the MVP that are poor. Everything is recorded via a Hauppauge PVR150 (analogue).
Can I change the default resolution in the config, and might that help?