HHGTTG
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I have a new Pioneer DVD 530H HDD recorder and have it connected to my 12+yr old Sony TV using a Scart socket on the back of the TV marked, amongst others, as an RGB input.
My DVD recorder's output on AV1/TV is currently set to 'composite video' and I am not all that impressed by the quality of the picture of the inbuilt analogue tuner or recordings made using SP.
I know, from the menu, that I can change the output to 'RGB' for better quality, but the users' manual states that one can lose the picture if the TV is not RGB compatible and if that is the case one will have to do a reset of the Recorder back to factory defaults which will mean the loss off all scanned channels and downloaded EPG data etc. although you won't lose any stored programmes on the HDD.
I just have some doubts as to whether my TV will accept an RGB input without losing the output from my new toy and thereby having to start all over again?
Any thoughts on this matter before I do the switch?
My DVD recorder's output on AV1/TV is currently set to 'composite video' and I am not all that impressed by the quality of the picture of the inbuilt analogue tuner or recordings made using SP.
I know, from the menu, that I can change the output to 'RGB' for better quality, but the users' manual states that one can lose the picture if the TV is not RGB compatible and if that is the case one will have to do a reset of the Recorder back to factory defaults which will mean the loss off all scanned channels and downloaded EPG data etc. although you won't lose any stored programmes on the HDD.
I just have some doubts as to whether my TV will accept an RGB input without losing the output from my new toy and thereby having to start all over again?
Any thoughts on this matter before I do the switch?