davyboy

Just bought a new Sony DVD player....whats the best way to connet to the TV?

Currently I am using a 3 way to scart connection.

Also when I set the DVD player up, it asked whether I want to use Video, SVideo and RGB???

Cheers,

Dave

Dave1980

just done mine with a scart lead, tv automatically changes to dvd then when you flick it on.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Use a Scart lead and select RGB mode (same for sky/digital)

Both S-video and composite video are poorer quality signals.

Funkii Munkii

Hi AliB

Just a little hijack

I recently bought a Sony DVD recorder and spent an entire afternoon reconnecting everything with some nice QED scarts hoping to get the optimum picture and sound but found when I set the Sky+ to RGB it was a sharper picture without a shadow of a doubt but there was some mild "shadowy lines" style interference on the screen so flipped it back to PAL, lost the sharper picture but the interference had gone, it cant be the Scarts not at £30 a pop!!

And another bizarre thing you may be able to answer , when transferring from the Sky+ on to the Sony HDD it all copies perfectly but as soon as you turn the TV off the picture that was recording disapers and you record a black screen, I cant understand why that is as it is linked via scarts and the scart is direct from the Sky + (vcr out) into Line 3 on the DVD recorder i.e.decoder input the remaining Sky+ scart goes into the TV as does the remaining scart on the DVD recorder, I have checked and changed each setting for the out puts on the DVD recoder, components, turned the smartlink off etc etc same again on the TV and SKY, but the problem remains, turn the telly off and you record a black screen which is plainly ridiculous.

Any Ideas appreciated

Cheers

Rapid17

If your new Sony DVD player has component out sockets and your TV has component in sockets, connect the two with component leads for the best picture quality (usually)

GC8

To further confuse you; component is the best, it has red green and blue connectors and is frequently called RGB in error. Not all devices are able to output RGB (not component...) and not all televisions can accept it. RGB may be selectable and youll connect using a SCART cable; composite video is usually carried over a SCART lead and its exactly the same signal as youd find in a round RC-type yellow composite connector. S-video (frequently incorrectly mis-described S-VHS) may be of an inferior qualiy to RGB (though not by much), but its way better than composite however it gets there. S-vid uses a small four pin mini-DIN form factor connector. Component, which I mentioned first, uses three RCA-type connectors (similar to the yellow composite video) which are coloured red blue and green. Only high end playback devices will have these; a couple of mine do but the television sets will only take S-vid or RGB / composite via a SCART cable.....

Confused yet?


Simon