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Nath
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14th Dec 05 at 21:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Which cable is better to use between a DVD player and a TV, S video or Scart? I'm thinking it's S video but wouldn't mind the opinions of people in the know.
ssj_kakarot
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14th Dec 05 at 22:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

s video better quality
Cosmo
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14th Dec 05 at 22:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

S-Video is better than scart!
Nath
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14th Dec 05 at 22:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Thought so, cheers
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15th Dec 05 at 09:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

This should clear things up... listed in order of quality, best first. Analog connections only.

Component
RGB Scart
S-Video
Composite Scart

Nath
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15th Dec 05 at 18:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not sure my TV supports Component or RGB. It's basic as fuck. Will be gone soon in favour of a decent LCD with the right connections.
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15th Dec 05 at 21:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

s-video is probably the best picture u can get
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15th Dec 05 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

RGB Scart is about as good as you're gonna get on a regular TV although some older TVs aren't wired for RGB. S-video is pretty crap - i dont rate it much better than regular scart to be honest. But the step up from S-Video/Scart to RGB Scart is quite noticeable....

[Edited on 15-12-2005 by Chump]
Nath
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16th Dec 05 at 00:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'll post pics of my purchases tomorrow. Making a well earned trip to Rocher Sounds with a few hundred quid to burn
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16th Dec 05 at 09:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if you can get a tv with component input mate it will be well worth it.
Nath
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16th Dec 05 at 15:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/455_263710.html

Thats the TV I have my eye on. Real tempted to buy it, was in Comet today but I didn't buy. Decided to think on it.

Off to Richer Sounds in a bit to get a new DVD player and Subwoofer.

http://ws1.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=MISS-AS6E

and

http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=SAMS-DVDHD950

Opinions?
John
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16th Dec 05 at 17:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That tv is a belter nath.
Pal bought it the other day after seeing it in comet.
Much better than anything else on display.
www.empiredirect.co.uk
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16th Dec 05 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

look around on the net first, as will 100% definitly beable to get it for cheaper than Comet!
John
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16th Dec 05 at 18:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

empiredirect is the cheapest place.
And they have it in stock, which most people don't.
Nath
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16th Dec 05 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Coolio, I only went to comet and linked to Comet page as it was on my bookmarks and I wanted to see it for real first.

Bought the Samsung DVD-HD950 DVD player (HDMI).

Now which connection is best:

HDMI ---- HDMI
or
HDMI ---- DVI

Cheers for that link John
Nath
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16th Dec 05 at 21:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0630426937.1134769152@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfladdghfkddehcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=108185&category_oid=

Even cheaper.
Nath
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16th Dec 05 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

And does HDMI relay video and sound or just video? I'm thinking just video.

Sorry for the questions, I just want it to be set up as good as possible to get the most from it.
John
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17th Dec 05 at 06:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've just had a look on empiredirect there.
Price has went up since last week.
Was well under 900.
I'll find out exactly what it was.
There are some overscan issues with hdmi-dvi.
Just use hdmi-hdmi.
Only video afaik yip.
Really good tv though.
Had some hd demos on it and they look amazing.
Nath
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17th Dec 05 at 11:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Bit of a bonus, the DVD player I purchased comes with a free HDMi cable.

Cheers for the info.
Cosmo
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17th Dec 05 at 12:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah hdmi to hdmi is what we are using here. Although we are using an optical cable for sound aswell.
Nath
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17th Dec 05 at 12:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Cables are a bastard, got bloody loads down the back of my TV stand. Will only get worse with the new DVD player and LCD TV. Ah well will look and sound ace.

 
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