Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to utilise the connections I have on my AV equipment to obtain the best possible picture quality, and was wondering if anyone could please help
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The extent of my knowledge is as follows:
RF is the worst, then composite, then S-Video, then component, then HDMI.
There are 2 aspects to my quest:
1) In my room I have a HT setup, with 5.1 amp and 48-inch Toshiba rear projection TV (which is surprisingly good quality for a RP TV!
). I initially had my DVD Player connected by SCART, but then I discovered that 4-Pin S-Video gave a much more stable and crisp picture, so I have been using that ever since. I always thought SCART was SCART. I didn't know SCART carried composite, S-Video and component signals, so now I'm wondering whether SCART in theory should give me a better picture?
The manual states my TV specs as follows:
SCART1 = Full 21 pin RGB, AV
SCART2 = 21 pin AV, S-Video
SCART3 = 21 pin AV, S-Video, 4-Pin S-Video, RCA jack.
IIRC, when I connected with SCART, I used SCART2, not SCART1, so I may no have been experiencing the benefits of RGB. Could this be why my experience with SCART has been disappointing?
But surely these signals through their respective dedicated cables will yield better results than sending them through SCART, no?
2) We have Virgin Cable, coming in to the downstairs living room. It goes from the STB to a HardDiskRecorder via SCART, and from the STB to a VCR via RF. The RF then comes out the VCR and goes into an 8-way splitter which feeds the other TVs in the house. By the time the RF signal reaches my RP TV, the quality is pretty poor. All the other rooms seem fine though. I think it's because my room is the furthest away from the splitter. I had considered reversing the whole setup so that the cable feed comes into my room first, but this would mean that all the other rooms would receive poor quality as I would still be utilising the same infrastructure of RF coax. So, I thought about running a 15m 4-pin S-Video cable from the HardDiskRecorder downstairs to my RP TV upstairs. This is about as direct a link as I can think of. Do you think this will give me improved quality? Obviously I'll also need to run an audio cable too, probably digital coax or optical, whichever will carry 15m. Will the HardDiskRecorder output the SCART audio signal through its digital outputs?
I'm trying to figure out how to utilise the connections I have on my AV equipment to obtain the best possible picture quality, and was wondering if anyone could please help
The extent of my knowledge is as follows:
RF is the worst, then composite, then S-Video, then component, then HDMI.
There are 2 aspects to my quest:
1) In my room I have a HT setup, with 5.1 amp and 48-inch Toshiba rear projection TV (which is surprisingly good quality for a RP TV!
The manual states my TV specs as follows:
SCART1 = Full 21 pin RGB, AV
SCART2 = 21 pin AV, S-Video
SCART3 = 21 pin AV, S-Video, 4-Pin S-Video, RCA jack.
IIRC, when I connected with SCART, I used SCART2, not SCART1, so I may no have been experiencing the benefits of RGB. Could this be why my experience with SCART has been disappointing?
But surely these signals through their respective dedicated cables will yield better results than sending them through SCART, no?
2) We have Virgin Cable, coming in to the downstairs living room. It goes from the STB to a HardDiskRecorder via SCART, and from the STB to a VCR via RF. The RF then comes out the VCR and goes into an 8-way splitter which feeds the other TVs in the house. By the time the RF signal reaches my RP TV, the quality is pretty poor. All the other rooms seem fine though. I think it's because my room is the furthest away from the splitter. I had considered reversing the whole setup so that the cable feed comes into my room first, but this would mean that all the other rooms would receive poor quality as I would still be utilising the same infrastructure of RF coax. So, I thought about running a 15m 4-pin S-Video cable from the HardDiskRecorder downstairs to my RP TV upstairs. This is about as direct a link as I can think of. Do you think this will give me improved quality? Obviously I'll also need to run an audio cable too, probably digital coax or optical, whichever will carry 15m. Will the HardDiskRecorder output the SCART audio signal through its digital outputs?