One way to make SD channels look amazing on an HD telly....

Buy an HD Freesat box, I got the Humax HDR a few weeks ago after dumping Sky and it makes normal channells look fantastic.

The problem usually is that you have an HD telly trying to upscale an SD signal that's being fed to it via scart. Once you send that signal down a lossless connector like HDMI the TV has plenty to work with, or as in this case, has nothing to do to make the signal look it's best.

Posted By: HairyBobbingManAss on December 6th 2009 at 14:01:46

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Back to the telly debate... (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Dec 6, 13:55:03
- I got a brand new tele yesterday for my birthday (NCFC) - conker, Dec 6, 17:46:58
- This is true; but they're getting much better (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Dec 6, 14:30:16
  - LED (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Dec 6, 14:40:38
  - But you do need a digital SD source (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Dec 6, 14:34:14
- Is football still shit on Plasmas? (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Dec 6, 14:11:26
  - awful on our tv (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:16:16
- I know nothing about tv's (NCFC) - pants, Dec 6, 14:03:11
  - Thanks (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Dec 6, 14:23:20
- One way to make SD channels look amazing on an HD telly.... (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:01:46
  - Sky in SD looks a lot better through the HDMI cable than it does through SCART (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Dec 6, 14:03:17
    - And with a bit of tinkering with your TV settings, it becomes even better (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:07:17
      - Huck you say you work in this industy (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:09:21
        
        Has your xbox got a HDMI port? (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:10:14
        
        Not sure (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:15:07
        
        Then it will have (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:22:15
        
        Never seen anybody except a Hughes salesperson say that cheap HDMIs are inferior (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:29:15
        
        It'll have HDMI then, and if the TV says HD Ready then it should have HDMI (n/m) (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:17:42
        
        it's all too confusing for me (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:26:52
        
        so there's nothing on the back that look a bit like this: (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:33:18
        
        ok thanks (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:35:11
        
        Or you can get relatively cheap HDMI switching boxes... (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:39:02
        
        !!! Sainsburys have them for ?15, as to Argos. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Dec 6, 14:58:28
        
        technophobe (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 6, 14:36:02
        
        this is most certainly (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:37:36
        
        I could connect my PS3 to my wireless hub (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 6, 14:38:33
        
        Mine is, it's ace. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Dec 6, 14:59:00
        
        and now for the english meaning? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:41:17
        
        When did you buy the TV? (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:30:57
        
        about 3 yrs ago? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:32:02
        
        panasonic, flat screen (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:33:21
        
        It'll have one (at least) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:42:03
        
        just my virgin cable (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 14:43:45
    - Scuse but, without googling, what is an HDMI cable? (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 6, 14:05:09
      - If a SCART was a tube you could probably get Kate Moss down it. (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:17:05
        
        CB41 doesn't know who Kate Moss or Lisa Riley are though... (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Dec 6, 14:32:07
        
        SCART = 1xKeneth Williams HDMI = 4XBernard Manning (n/m) (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Dec 6, 14:34:55
        
        CB41 doesn't know who Kenneth Williams or Bernard Manning are though... (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Dec 6, 14:58:22
        
        ROLF (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Dec 6, 14:38:19
        
        racist (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 6, 14:39:00
        
        Analogy of the day (NCFC) - Small, Dec 6, 14:31:20
      - High-Definition Multimedia Interface (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Dec 6, 14:09:10
      - Ah, I did google andd now know the answer (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Dec 6, 14:07:48
- agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 6, 13:57:51

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