[Maughan]

Hello.

I have a 3 or 4 year-old Philips 30PF9975 LCD TV. Its relevant connections are:

• RGB scart
• component (1080i)
• VGA (1080i)

I am about to buy a new DVD player (probably a Panasonic DMR EX75 EBS). The purchase is mainly to be able to record/edit/burn TV programmes from Sky+, but I am also keen to get the best results that I can from DVD upscaling.

I have learned (from other posts on this forum) that the LCD panel upscales SD images itself, but that a new upscaling DVD player will probably have a better upscaling chip. (I assume that my panel has been upscaling my existing SD, RGB DVD and Sky input, simply to make it fill the screen - right? But that is clearly entirely different to and way off HD-broadcast quality - so what is "upscaling" doing then?! But I digress...)

My cabling question is: as my TV does not have an HDMI (or DVI) connection, should I connect the upscaling DVD player to the LCD with a) an HDMI/component cable or b) an HDMI/VGA cable?

Which will give the better picture? And will either/both provide a better and higher definition result than RGB scart to RGB scart?

Thank you!

M

[bob scone]

i think they only upscale over hdmi, they shouldnt even do it on hdmi to x. unless you get some funky player that does.

on mine the upscale options were grayed out until i connected the hdmi lead.

make use of that component connection i'd say.

[bigtank]

hi

i dont think you can get such a cable as HDMI--COMPONENT



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