Scart to Hdmi??Possible?

Save2spend

I have just bought a new TV but it only has one scart socket to which i have connected my Sky+ box,need to connect DVD player which only has a scart connection,is it possible to get a cable to connect scart to hdmi? as the tv has four of these connections or do i need a scart splitter box?

xycom1

Not with just a cable. Can you connect the DVD player to the Sky box to the TV?

spike7451

No,as far as I'm aware,it's not possible to 'join' scart to HDMI,just connect the DVD to the VCR scart on the Sky box.

tonynw

here we go

http://www.hdcable.co.uk/scart-hdmi-converter.html

why dont people use google ( it took me 10 secs to find one )

tonynw

stone7

Does your Sky box or DVD player not have component sockets to connect to the TV?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

what about this, a lot cheaper.

xycom1

tonynw wrote: »

here we go

http://www.hdcable.co.uk/scart-hdmi-converter.html

why dont people use google ( it took me 10 secs to find one )

tonynw

Yeah that's not a cable.

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

what about this, a lot cheaper.

And that would be worse than connecting the DVD player to the passthrough Scart on the Sky box!

tonynw

xycom1 wrote: »

Yeah that's not a cable.



And that would be worse than connecting the DVD player to the passthrough Scart on the Sky box!

Smart ???

just saying it is easy to find what you want if you just look for it.

tonynw

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tonynw wrote: »

Smart ???

just saying it is easy to find what you want if you just look for it.

tonynw

£50 to do what can be done for the price of a Scart Lead?

The OP only wants to connect his units together.

JasX

tonynw wrote: »

here we go

http://www.hdcable.co.uk/scart-hdmi-converter.html

why dont people use google ( it took me 10 secs to find one )

tonynw

Because we apply some judgement, proportionality and sense to the wider problem to offer options the OP might not have considered.

Yes it's possibe, but not a very efficient thing to do as you need an active component to convert from an analogue to a digital signal. -Like said £50 TonyW seems to have blindly stumbled upon.

However for less than £50 you could probably buy a HDMI DVD player with basic features that would have modern 'upscaling' technology and deliver much improved picture quality (approaching HD quality) when viewing DVDs on OPs new television.

If OP wants to spend £50 to easily access the low quality SCART feed from their old DVD or it has some advanced features they 'cannot' live without thats one way to go.

Personally I'd suggest it much better value (and makes MSE sense) to start moving up to HDMI feeds, either with a basic upscaling DVD player and use the existing one somewhere else (eg kids bedroom). or put the £50 towards a new more expensive DVD player/Bluray player/PS3.

alternatives could be pester Sky for a replacement Sky+ HD box and use an HDMI feed from that... or go with the 'passthrough' solution if you want to make what you have work and avoid spending any money.

kwikbreaks

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