video card advice plz

[bluevortex]

I am about to take delivery of a Panasonic PW6 with a Composite/S-Video/Component video board. Is there any additional card etc i should be looking to purchase, or is this the best you can have/ all you need?

 

[Mep]

it totally depends on what you will be connecting to it

 

[bluevortex]

sky, dvd and possibly xbox.
what are my options on these

 

[Peabo]

You'll either need to buy a JS RGB-VGA converter ( http://www.av-sales.co.uk/html/rgb_to_plasma_scrren_vga.html ) for Sky, or get a Scart terminal board. Connect your DVD via component and the x-box via component too (Check out http://www.consoleplus.co.uk/ for some component cables for the Xbox, plus some component swticher boxes).

 

[Mep]

if its dvd recorder you can probably run sky via dvd to screen but JS converter is apparently best result (have ordered mine!)

 

[BuzzLightyear]

Totally agree, the Scart board, for me, gave a poor picture for Sky+, switched over to the JS RGB-VGA box and it was a magnificant improvement.

The XBOX looped through the SKY box to VGA gives a very good picture but if you have a modded one, switch it to NTSC and turn on the HD resolutions in the MS Dashboard and plug a Microsoft HD component cable into your screen and you will be amazed.

An alternative to a component switching box is using your amp if you have one and its got the relevent inputs.

 

[Peabo]

Is there some sort of dual VGA switch box? I have a scart board for Sky+ and would like to upgrade to a JS Box, but I use the VGA port for my computer.