@deepsand wrote:
> Switched to BCurve from Gateway, and though I like the feature set of the wireless 4k boxes, the picture quality is NOT the same at all. I am not getting pixellation or other issues reported here, system is working fine, and internet signal strength is excellent. However, there's simply not the same crispness of picture (if you have a good TV you will notice the picture is like comparing a poor TV's 720p quality (B Curve) to a great TV's 4k in the gateway...and often actually worse!) that we had with Gateway, and also the colours are NOT the same and off (tint is screwed up, colours don't "pop" as before and the tint effect changes from channel to channel so you can't adjust for it!)
My first impression...faulty HDMI connections. Are you using the supplied HDMI cables? They should be part No. HDMI30D6FPETH. Blue and White head with silver connector tips.
I am using the Xi6 boxes and before that the BlueSky boxes last year. I have found the picture to be of the same if not better quality as previous platforms.
During the activation procedure did each box state it was optimizing video for the tv is was hooked up too?
Have you checked each tv/box to make sure the video is set correctly?
Contact Shaw they will check your boxes from their end. I discovered one defective box. On another occasion the picture degraded slightly. The tech pushed out an overnight update which required a restart in the morning. Problem solved.
> I guess having the signal over the internet simply can not compete??
Not necessarily. I have always had a good picture over IPTV using my AppleTV. As well much of the wired BlueSky VOD service including Netflix shows I watched last year were IPTV based and they looked great.
Shaw offers a wired 4K version of the Blue Curve boxes if you aren’t happy with the Xi6 wireless boxes. But try some troubleshooting. You might be happy with the results.
> Really frustrating as I just want to be done with setting up my Shaw system. Twenty five years with Shaw, days and hours of headaches and life lost to holding on calls, and I still can't get a system in my home's that is THOUGHT OUT and delivers proper functionality!
I am there with you there...living on the bleeding edge does take some work. But for the most part I have always been happy with the newest versions and platforms Shaw puts out. Except the early Gateway product. That interface was difficult to see and the harddrive kept losing recordings.
>Almost like what happened when you turned contrast down or picture quality down on old TV's and got a less vivid/dull/hazy picture.
Funny, I always felt the TELUS Optik platform looked that way - fuzzy.
>I'm wondering if I can live with this for it's features when Gateway system is FAR superior for quality.
You shouldn’t be compromising picture quality. Try some troubleshooting and experimenting and contact Shaw.
