TechnoSonic LCD3251

Just got one of these ...but I'm a newbie to HDMI and HD ready stuff...can someone tell me what I can do with these new features?

quazzy

Well wrt the HD / HDMI stuff.

Sky offer a HD service which uses the HDMI port on your tv. I don't have it myself but I'm sure someone else does and can advise on price and quality.

You can also get DVD player that have HDMI ports that upscale the picture to 720p, 1080i or in some cases 1080p.

I have an upscaling DVD player and I think its great.

PS3 will have a Blu-Ray player which will take advantage of HD ready-ness.

Or you can also buy a BLu-Ray or HD-DVD player ( if you have about €800 lying around)

Just a sample; write back if you need any further details/queries

Q

thanks for the reply...I see there's a nice Philips DVP5960 in my local Dixon's with HDMI and USB.

I'm curious though would there be a huge difference in quality between the HDMI and my current set up (a Monster Scart cable)? Buying the DVD player and HDMI cable would cost me another €150.

I connected my current DVD player with Scart lead to the LCD TV and was a little disappointed to be honest. If anything the image looks worse on the bigger screen than on my old tv.

slave1

Aldi/Lidl had a DVD upscaler with HDMI lead for around €80 during the summer/early autumn, so maybe hold out forking €150 as they generally repeat their offers in cycles
HDMI is a deffo improvement over RBG Scart, no doubt