Nath
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Which cable is better to use between a DVD player and a TV, S video or Scart? I'm thinking it's S video but wouldn't mind the opinions of people in the know.
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ssj_kakarot
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s video better quality
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Cosmo
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S-Video is better than scart!
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Nath
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Thought so, cheers 
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--Dave--
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This should clear things up... listed in order of quality, best first. Analog connections only.
Component
RGB Scart
S-Video
Composite Scart
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Nath
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Not sure my TV supports Component or RGB. It's basic as fuck. Will be gone soon in favour of a decent LCD with the right connections.
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L33 LEG
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s-video is probably the best picture u can get
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Chump
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RGB Scart is about as good as you're gonna get on a regular TV although some older TVs aren't wired for RGB. S-video is pretty crap - i dont rate it much better than regular scart to be honest. But the step up from S-Video/Scart to RGB Scart is quite noticeable....
[Edited on 15-12-2005 by Chump]
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Nath
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I'll post pics of my purchases tomorrow. Making a well earned trip to Rocher Sounds with a few hundred quid to burn 
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--Dave--
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if you can get a tv with component input mate it will be well worth it.
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Nath
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http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/455_263710.html
Thats the TV I have my eye on. Real tempted to buy it, was in Comet today but I didn't buy. Decided to think on it.
Off to Richer Sounds in a bit to get a new DVD player and Subwoofer.
http://ws1.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=MISS-AS6E
and
http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=SAMS-DVDHD950
Opinions?
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John
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That tv is a belter nath.
Pal bought it the other day after seeing it in comet.
Much better than anything else on display.
www.empiredirect.co.uk
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Cosmo
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look around on the net first, as will 100% definitly beable to get it for cheaper than Comet!
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John
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empiredirect is the cheapest place.
And they have it in stock, which most people don't.
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Nath
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Coolio, I only went to comet and linked to Comet page as it was on my bookmarks and I wanted to see it for real first.
Bought the Samsung DVD-HD950 DVD player (HDMI).
Now which connection is best:
HDMI ---- HDMI
or
HDMI ---- DVI
Cheers for that link John
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Nath
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http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0630426937.1134769152@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfladdghfkddehcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=108185&category_oid=
Even cheaper.
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Nath
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And does HDMI relay video and sound or just video? I'm thinking just video.
Sorry for the questions, I just want it to be set up as good as possible to get the most from it.
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John
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I've just had a look on empiredirect there.
Price has went up since last week.
Was well under 900.
I'll find out exactly what it was.
There are some overscan issues with hdmi-dvi.
Just use hdmi-hdmi.
Only video afaik yip.
Really good tv though.
Had some hd demos on it and they look amazing.
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Nath
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Bit of a bonus, the DVD player I purchased comes with a free HDMi cable.
Cheers for the info.
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Cosmo
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yeah hdmi to hdmi is what we are using here. Although we are using an optical cable for sound aswell.
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Nath
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Cables are a bastard, got bloody loads down the back of my TV stand. Will only get worse with the new DVD player and LCD TV. Ah well will look and sound ace.
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