Scart or s-vid best picture???

[Murray]

Which will give me the best picture fro my plasma, the scart out from the Sky decoder or the s-vid out from the Sky decoder?

[scarty16]

Is it sky+?

If so use RGB and therefore you need to use the scart

[chedmaster]

even if it isnt sky +, usually RGB via scart will give the best picture (although some plasmas have a problem with RGB, and s video turns out better - i cant remember which one). Connect by scart and make sure in the services > picture settings menu you set output to RGB and not PAL and make sure the scart goes in an RGB enabled scart socket (usually AV1). PS i assume it is sky + as most normal digibox's dont have s video out.

[Murray]

Im in NZ and we dont have Sky +. Our decoders for SKY have 2 scart outs and also an s-vid out. I want to know which one will give me the best picture.

[johndon]

Whichever looks best to you...

AFAIK, the s-vid output will give a 'softer' picture which some people prefer depending on the device your viewing on.

John

[Nick_UK]

Originally Posted by Murray

Im in NZ and we dont have Sky +. Our decoders for SKY have 2 scart outs and also an s-vid out. I want to know which one will give me the best picture.

If your decoders are different to ours, how are we ever going to know the answer ? Unless you find another NZ Avforums reader, of course

[Murray]

I was told that scart RGB will always give you a better picture than s-vid is that true?

[chedmaster]

please dont pm me asking to look at your thread, ill look at it in my own time, if you are getting SKY and not SATELLITE from your own broadcaster, do as i said before. Otherwise use a fully wired scart and enable RGB both on the decoder and the TV. again like i said before. If you dont like that use s video. simple.

[chedmaster]

it depends on the equipment AGAIN like i said. TRY IT.

[Nick_UK]

Originally Posted by Murray

I was told that scart RGB will always give you a better picture than s-vid is that true?

That question has created so many arguments in the past

The quick answer is "probably", but it's all down to how well your TV has been engineered. Some TV's actually produce better pictures from s-video, and on many others the difference is so small it's not worth talking about.

[Murray]

what a nice friendly member you are! get out of the wrong side of the bed did we?