colour problems with video to tv

blewitt

Just bought a new tv which is fine until I try to watch a video through it. The picture is very green and no amount of altering the settings improves it. Any suggestions?

JJ_Egan

Broadband TV ??

blewitt

No, just a straight forward tv.

googler

What are you playing the video from, and how is the video device connected to the TV?

blewitt

The video player is a sony probably about 8 years old and is connected by a scart lead. (I wonder if the scart lead may be a problem, although it was all working perfectly with the previous tv)

Heinz

Some TVs don't like RGB signals so check that the VCR is set to send PAL.

gwynant

Why not take it back and get a new one?

Norman_Castle

I've had similar with a poor scart connection. Try swopping the ends.
As above, check the output of the video is set to match the tv input. This may involve the tv and video manual.

[Deleted User]

Are people still using VCRs? Can VHS tape still be purchased?

googler

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Are people still using VCRs? Can VHS tape still be purchased?

People have large collections of VHS tape, much of which is not available in other formats. I've got over 200 VHS tapes of music programming alone, a lot of which will never see a repeat on a BBC4 documentary/retro programme, and some of which was sourced from European broadcasts which, again, won't ever get shown over here.

Unless this is transferred to other media, people still want or need to use VHS players to play this stuff back.

Availability or not of new VHS tape is another issue entirely.

[Deleted User]

googler wrote: »

Unless this is transferred to other media, people still want or need to use VHS players to play this stuff back.

Since most people will have long since chucked their VHS collection along with their VCRs, I think the time is coming when new TVs won't support VHS playback any longer.