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Thread ID: 114648	2010-12-11 22:55:00	Sky decoder box - scart to HDMI?	Jen (38)	PC World Chat

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1160767	2010-12-12 04:54:00	I believe those Sky boxes also support component out over SCART, which would be better than S-Video. Yes, they do.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1160768	2010-12-12 05:43:00	Thanks for all the helpful replies. :) It is a basic Motorola Sky box. I don't have S-Video on the TV. See attached image for plug options. So ... I should hook it up to my TV using component RGB for a better quality picture? I see there is a RGB component example here (www.freeviewshop.co.nz), but there is also a RGB+audio example here (www.freeviewshop.co.nz) cable. Which is better? Oh, I should add the Sky box has the following Scart options: composite, S-video, RGB and component. What is the difference between RGB and component? Cheers.	Jen (38)
1160769	2010-12-12 06:17:00	Hello Jen Component and RGB are not the same thing see here www.michaeldvd.com.au - Great link RGB is split Red Green and Blue (found mostly on a VGA 15 pin 3 row d shell) Component splits Red and Blue and combines luminance black and white in the green connector HDMI is a digital signal and component is analog so you would need a converter and it would be pointless. I recommend that you ring sky and ask (demand nicely) for a Scart to component lead this is what you need, this will offer your TV the best picture from your sky box. If your sky box doesn't have a component output setting, again tell them you want one. Not all boxes have component out. However at times I have found S-Video through a SKY box to be just as good as component, but you don't have a S-Video Connector on your TV, Go component. Component is classed as a HD connection, it offers the widest bandwidth for an analog signal If sky won't give you one buy one from a local TV store :)	radium (8645)
1160770	2010-12-12 07:31:00	... See attached image for plug options... And you haven't yet put an ethernet cable in the LAN socket ??	decibel (11645)
1160771	2010-12-12 07:39:00	...332.html]example here[/url] cable. Which is better? The first one is video only, the second one is sound and video. (buy this one) (www.freeviewshop.co.nz)	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1160772	2010-12-12 07:39:00	My decoder is a Zenith and has 2 scart sockets, one marked TV and the other VCR. Yes before you buy the cables ring up Sky to find out if your decoder supports RGB. It may not as it might not be wired up inside the decoder to support it. :)	Trev (427)
1160773	2010-12-12 07:40:00	My decoder is a Zenith and has 2 scart sockets, one marked TV and the other VCR. Yes before you buy the cables ring up Sky to find out if your decoder supports RGB. It may not as it might not be wired up inside the decoder to support it. :) It's not RGB you want. Jens tv has a component input, not RGB.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1160774	2010-12-12 08:18:00	It's not RGB you want. Jens tv has a component input, not RGB. That is correct! Everyone seems to think RGB and component are the same signal when they are not.	radium (8645)
1160775	2010-12-12 08:32:00	The decoder has no component out. Mine doesn't. Yes I meant component. My TV has component in too. :)	Trev (427)
1160776	2010-12-12 08:45:00	The decoder has no component out. Mine doesn't. Yes I meant component. My TV has component in too. :) It does with a scart adapter. I've used it before.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
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