HDMI connections

stewie1098

Just took receipt of my new panasonic TV, and off to buy a HDMI lead for the DVD player(a new Phillips), CCCan I connect my Sky Box (Sky plus) to the TV - the sky box only looks like it has scart connections-its new?? Any advice?

roddydogs

So dosent the TV have scart connections? only the Sky+ box which gets HD has HDMI output!

PZH

I connected my Sky box to my DVD using Scart and then DVD to TV using HDMI and also Scart ( two connections )

When the DVD is on ( i.e. not in stanby ) it upscales the sky to HDMI - when the DVD is off it outputs to the Scart.

roddydogs

An HD tv will upscale anyway-dont waste money on "Upscaling" DVDs -save you money for a genuine HD/Blu Ray.

PZH

roddydogs wrote: »

An HD tv will upscale anyway-dont waste money on "Upscaling" DVDs -save you money for a genuine HD/Blu Ray.

How does that work ? ( Not having a go here - just interested if I have missed something )

As far as I understand it - my TV only displays a HD image if it receives a signal into the HD connection and thus enabling me to select the "HD" option as the source.

Selecting the "HD" source with no input into that connection results in a blank screen ( which is what I would expect because there is no input ).

And additionally, DVD's that I have already have better quality playback ( In my opinion anyway ) when upscaled through the HDMI port.


However, with regards to the whole Blu Ray and HD DVD issues in general - until the industry get their collective minds into gear and come up with ONE solution then consumers buy at their own risk - this is very much a case of VHS and BetaMax ( and laserdisks - remember them ?? ) - and does the industry no favours whatsoever.

How can it be saving money if you buy the wrong option that dissappears in a few years time ??

joshm_2

phoodless, this explanation on avforums might help (see the first reply by user LV426):

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=511277

PZH

Thanks joshm - very interesting reading.

However, I definately think that, in my case, the picture quaility is much better through the DVD.

Reading through the link it does appear that it depends on the TV specification - and I think that, since the DVD player is a much more recent purchase, the spec of the DVD and advances in technology has made the upscaling DVD far better than what the TV could do.