Is this a bad conection idea?

Would this be a bad connection idea or would I loose quality so much?

I have two RGB scart equipment (Sky+ and DVD)

I want to connect them to a Panasonic Plasma using VGA socket as I read this is the best option. I want the plasma to widescreen switch when channel hoping on Sky+.


Sky+ / DVD

Scart / Scart

Master scart controller

scart

AV Sales Aspect Switcher

Scart

JS RGB to VGA converter

VGA lead

Plasma

Thanks
Jono.

 

I would like to know the answer to this too. But - what is a AV sales aspect switcher? Is that necessary?

Also I did a brief search but couldn't find where one gets js rgb to vga converters from? And do the js converters take either component or scart input, and does it make any difference which?

Thanks for any help.

 

music,

Please click the link on each item to find further details. The aspect switcher uses the scart lead and sends the switching directly to the plasma when connecting the picture to the vga socket.

 

Check out the JS Technology website

http://www.js-technology.com/index.php?osCsid=c2896fbbad513e116c48e631f2a2109c

 

Jono, looks like a very good way of meeting the objectives to me!

 

Also thought - would I get any video delay using this way of connecting video?

I am planning to take the audio from Sky+ to an amp with an optical lead?

 

you can't really tell till you try it, sometimes you do...sometimes you don't...lots of factors can affect it...does your amp have audio delay anyway?

 

meb, i will be using a Denon AVR-1905 amp.

 

don't know if that has it or not mate...there are other ways if your amp can't do it...the felston for example...advertise on the forum http://www.avforums.com/thanks.php?aid=98&zid=821 but you may not have an isue anyway

 

if your amp has component switching what's the best way of connecting up to the 37PW7 (need to decide if I have to buy an input board) or can somehow use the vga input???

Any help gratefully reveived.

 

component switching is just component in and component out...reduces the leads to the screen but doesnt convert to vga

 

thanks mep, but if I have sky and dvd going into my yamaha 750 with one component out, then what's my best way of connecting up to the panny 37pw7 ... advice gratefully recieved. I had hoped that the js converter could convert component in to vga, but no ....

 

well obviously component board is one option..but could go jono's route as above....keep the amp for audio only.....have sky and dvd connected to master scart controller...connect that to js rgb to vga converter and then into screen..you can skip the aspect switcher unless you want it...personally i find sky set to 16:9 and panel also is fine for me.

 

I've just installed an aspect switcher after several months manually changing aspect and it is such a relief to have it done form me. Also , I don't have to keep nagging my husband and son to switch aspect when it's wrong. Worth every penny for me as I can't bear to watch a stretched picture.

 

it just never looks stretched to me...i must have strange eyes!

 

If it doesn't look stretched, then does proper widescreen look thin?

 

nope it all looks right to me..must jsut be what i'm used to....but now you've got me worried ;-)

 

what do you have sky set to?

 

I have Telewest digital cable and have it set to 16:9. This outputs most widescreen as anamorphic widescreen and 4:3 as 4:3. If I leave my PWD6 screen in 4:3 mode then the anamorphic widescreen shows a squashed in picture in the 4:3 frame.

 

just been experimenting...used sky news which is 4:3 and yes it does look stretched..but i think most channels must be not using 4:3.......i think i saw somewhere that most output is 14:9?...sort of middle ground which perhaps is less noticeable

 

Goto BBC News24 as that is always widescreen A lot of stuff on BBC is widescreen now and even Sky One have most of their major new series in widescreen such as 24 and Nip Tuck. However, most channels are still 4:3, although some of the programmes are letterboxed to 14:9.

I was upset when Alias moved from widescreen on Sky One to 4:3 on Bravo. It's a real shame as they have to cut off so much from the sides.

 

that must be why i don't notice it too much i only really watch the main channels as a rule..and the sport...otherwise it's dvd

 

so with all these converters and boxes on the way to the plasma you don't think the picture would be worse than if i went straight to a SCART card from Sky+?? I know a VGA pic is better than SCART.

Also - I work in TV and a wrong shaped picture is a NO-NO-NO!!!! Don't make me shy and ask where and who!

 

nope i reckon it will be better the js stuff is excellent..agree with you on the wrong shape but only notice it on a very few channels and for example foreign footy games when i do swith it to 4:3