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Scart & HD

schrodie
schrodie Posts: 8,410 Forumite
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I've got a video sender that just uses scart, can you use a scart to send HD TV signals?

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  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
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    simple answer is no, scart can not be used for hd
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  • schrodie
    schrodie Posts: 8,410 Forumite
    gonzo127 wrote: »
    simple answer is no, scart can not be used for hd

    That's what I thought but on one of my TV's there is no scart socket but there is a scart adaptor socket so I can still use my video sender with that TV using this scart adapter:

    Lead-1.jpg

    and it appears that the picture is in HD compared to the SD channel e.g. Sky News HD on Ch501 vus Sky News SD on Ch517

    However my other TV has a scart socket so I can plug the scart on the video sender directly into the TV and picture isn't in HD or is markedly less clear as far as definition is concerned when viewing e.g. Sky News HD or BBC 1 HD vs BBC 1 SD. Both TVs are the same brand as well.
  • Quiet_Spark
    Quiet_Spark Posts: 1,093 Forumite
    schrodie wrote: »
    That's what I thought but on one of my TV's there is no scart socket but there is a scart adaptor socket so I can still use my video sender with that TV using this scart adapter:

    Lead-1.jpg

    and it appears that the picture is in HD compared to the SD channel e.g. Sky News HD on Ch501 vus Sky News SD on Ch517
    I'd dearly love to know how on earth you are converting an analogue signal to digital.
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  • LiGhTfasT
    LiGhTfasT Posts: 168 Forumite
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    You'll need to run a hdmi to the other tv and use a hdmi splitter to view hd on both tvs. I did this to watch sky hd in the bedroom from one box and it works great. You'll also need a coax for the magic eye if you want to turn over from the bedroom
  • schrodie
    schrodie Posts: 8,410 Forumite
    Quiet_Spark wrote: »
    I'd dearly love to know how on earth you are converting an analogue signal to digital.

    Odd isn't it :)

    But the picture on the TV that uses that adapter definitely has a far better defined picture (from a HD channel) compared to the TV where you just plug the sender into it via the scart.
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    - not without an 'upscaler' you can't
    - goes in as 21 pin weak compressed analog signal with sound and vision
    - and out as an uncompressed digital signal which means better quality, higher contrast, and a sharper image
    - upscalers come in different types / 720 / 1080p / both / etc
    - that pic / cable certainly doesn't have an upscaler built into it
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  • schrodie
    schrodie Posts: 8,410 Forumite
    Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »
    - not without an 'upscaler' you can't
    - goes in as 21 pin weak compressed analog signal with sound and vision
    - and out as an uncompressed digital signal which means better quality, higher contrast, and a sharper image
    - upscalers come in different types / 720 / 1080p / both / etc
    - that pic / cable certainly doesn't have an upscaler built into it

    Maybe the TV that displays the better quality picture (via the scart adapter) has a built in upscaler.
  • paddyrg
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    Probably a built-in upscaler, or a better one than the source TV. It's not a true HD signal, so all the extra HD-ness is the result of the upscaler making guesses about what to put where and sharpeining the image a bit :-)
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    schrodie wrote: »
    Maybe the TV that displays the better quality picture (via the scart adapter) has a built in upscaler.

    - maybe it does .. .. which TV will give HD even @ 720 from a Scart input ?
    - you have two identical branded TV's, which one is able to do this Paul Daniels conversion ?
    - unless an upscaler is involved in changing analogue to digital its voodoo & alchemy mate

    - which / what TV ?
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    paddyrg wrote: »
    Probably a built-in upscaler, or a better one than the source TV. It's not a true HD signal, so all the extra HD-ness is the result of the upscaler making guesses about what to put where and sharpeining the image a bit :-)

    HiYa paddyrg.

    I don't think its either native or upscaled HD whether TV based or otherwise. If however schrodie had said in #3 hey look at this cable - when I plug it in my TV it makes a much better picture, I would agree with schrodie that not only is it possible but probable.

    But the cause [the Paul Daniels effect] is not some voodoo conversion from analogue to digital but merely the presets on the TV. If the Contrast / Colours / Brightness / scaling / etc / settings for HDMi are totally different than a Scart setting that would explain everything. Put conversely if schrodie wrote down all the settings for HDMi / plugged in the Scart lead / and changed the Scart default settings to those for HDMi s/he would reproduce the same exciting visual outcomes, not snake oil cables - just presets.
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