potmx002 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 i have recently bought a new hd ready tv. when i connect using a scart lead the picture looks blocky. Some one has told me to try a s video lead. which is best. I didnt buy a sky hd box with it, perhaps i should. Whats the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 SCART is a connector which can support Composite, S-Video and RGB, you want to make sure your source (i.e. DVD player) is outputting RGB over SCART and that it's plugged into the RGB SCART socket (which you should have at least one off) on the TV. RGB SCART > S-Video SCART/S-Video > Composite SCART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Scart is a composite video output along with stereo audio. It may well also carry componant video and svhs depending on the abilities of the equipment and the settings. SVHS has Luminance & Chrominance as separate signals and should produce better quality. It has no audio so you will need to add a stereo audio cable as well. If you do this spend a few bob on a half reasonable cable and don't use a 20p special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 i have recently bought a new hd ready tv. when i connect using a scart lead the picture looks blocky. Some one has told me to try a s video lead. which is best. I didnt buy a sky hd box with it, perhaps i should. Whats the difference Tell us what TV you got and I'll have a look at the spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potmx002 Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 its an LG 32LX2R, the bloke said it was a decent model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Lcd Tv's are a bit blocky anyway unless you have money to burn for a hi def subscription . . . Have you tried playing a DvD on it yet ? It should be an improvement on a Terrestrial Tv signal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr chris Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 You have an RGB scart socket (just checked the specs) so use that if you can. However, standard definition broadcasts will look blocky as they're a lower resolution. There's not much you can do about it until HD becomes the standard. What you're seeing is just how poor the standard signal is. "HD Ready" DVD players are coming onto the market now. They don't actually support HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, but have a step-up module to make your normal DVDs look nicer on an HDTV - You can pick them up for £60-£100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Scart is a composite video output along with stereo audio. It may well also carry componant video and svhs depending on the abilities of the equipment and the settings. SVHS has Luminance & Chrominance as separate signals and should produce better quality. It has no audio so you will need to add a stereo audio cable as well. If you do this spend a few bob on a half reasonable cable and don't use a 20p special. Nope it's what I said, if it's fully wired it carries all 3 ... yes I forgot about the audio sorry. SVHS is a video recording format, S-Video is the signal, as I said: RGB > S-Video > Composite. Usually component is better than RGB as it allows brightness/colour control whereas RGB generally gets fed almost directly to the picture tubes of a CRT or equivalent on other types of display. Also re: upscaling DVD players, they only do this over HDMI due to restrictions placed on them with regards copy protection or something Tho you can do it over VGA as they missed that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 S-video is better. Not that you can generally notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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