Ian964
Established Member
My father-in-law has asked me to try and do something about the crap picture quality he's getting on a Sharp Aquous LCD TV.
At the moment, SKY is fed from the digibox (Pace DS430N) to the TV (LC30-HV2M) via a cheapo RF lead, so it's understandable pq is poor. Now the TV is an import (from Singapore, where the in-laws used to live) and as such does not have any SCART connectivity. It has RF, S-Video, component video and composite video (3xRCA) inputs only.
The PACE box only has RF and SCART (RGB and composite video, no s-video). As I see it, the two options are:
1) use a SCART to 3xRCA lead for composite video. Will this give a significant improvement?
2) get an RGB to component active converter. Would this be significantly better than 1)? Presumably more costly, but is it worth it?
I'm guessing 1) is a cheap starting point, and would make a difference 'cause at least you're getting rid of the RF modulation/demodulation step (also the analogue tuner in the Sharp has a poor reputation). Am I right on this?
cheers
Ian
At the moment, SKY is fed from the digibox (Pace DS430N) to the TV (LC30-HV2M) via a cheapo RF lead, so it's understandable pq is poor. Now the TV is an import (from Singapore, where the in-laws used to live) and as such does not have any SCART connectivity. It has RF, S-Video, component video and composite video (3xRCA) inputs only.
The PACE box only has RF and SCART (RGB and composite video, no s-video). As I see it, the two options are:
1) use a SCART to 3xRCA lead for composite video. Will this give a significant improvement?
2) get an RGB to component active converter. Would this be significantly better than 1)? Presumably more costly, but is it worth it?
I'm guessing 1) is a cheap starting point, and would make a difference 'cause at least you're getting rid of the RF modulation/demodulation step (also the analogue tuner in the Sharp has a poor reputation). Am I right on this?
cheers
Ian