samsung LE40B530 help optimising sound and picture

Rosielee

Hi Guys,

I'm not very technically advanced (as you can see ! ) so hoping that someone out there could give me a steer on this : I got this TV and its a full HD but the sound is not the best and the picture is quite grainy...to be honest my old 28' Black Diamond was much better !

This is the way I have it set up :

Scart triple adapter into single scart at rear of TV

Scart going from TV to Sky standard box
second scart going from TV to Philips DVD recorder
Sky cable connected to back of Sky box

My question is have I done this correctly and if so, would anyone have any suggestions as to how I could improve the sound and picture quality of this tv as Im a tiny bit disappointed with it.. I did hear that there was optimal settings for picture quality but I cant find any for this particular model

Thanks a lot for all your help

Barr

Where did you get the scart adapter ? - could be poor quality.

Rosielee

Barr wrote: »

Where did you get the scart adapter ? - could be poor quality.

thanks a lot Barr for your reply

I bought the triple scart adapter in Atlantic Homecare on Saturday....the single scarts i'm not sure where they came from !....they were the ones I used before I upgraded my TV.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

dogeyknees

Not sure if you got this sorted but if not does your DVD recorder have HDMI upscaling? A lot of newer recorders have this feature.

If it has HDMI upscaling then i would go gold plated scart (something like a monster) from Sky to DVD Recorder and then HDMI from DVD to TV. I have to say getting good leads really helps - especially gold plated scarts. The HDMI upscaling also really helps. I have this set up on my TV (i have a Sony DVD recorder and Philips ambilight LCD) and the picture and sound are brilliant.

If you have any other questions PM me or reply to this.

kinkstr

Sorry for hijacking but ive got the same tv with a skybox and im just wondering could someone reccomend a good scart lead and scart adapter, ive seen the monster ones but there pretty expensive in the bricks and mortars shops, would it be worth getting one online or is there a better brandname to go for?

golfdiva

What kind of scart adapter are you looking for?

kinkstr

A 3 pin scart apadter i suppose, ive a skybox and dvd player and would be handy to have one spare too.

Barr

Something like the below should do the job :

BTW I'm think of getting the same tv , having only one scart is a pain. What kind of deal did you get on it if you dont mind me asking ?



http://cgi.ebay.ie/3-Way-Scart-lead-Splitter-Adaptor-Selector-Cable-Box_W0QQitemZ250428350864QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConsumerElectronics_VideoSwitches_SM?hash=item3a4eb16190&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

kinkstr

I got it in Soundstore in Waterford for 450, it was on special offer over the weekend, it was 479 in kelly and Dollard and 600 in Harver Norman

Barr

kinkstr wrote: »

I got it in Soundstore in Waterford for 450, it was on special offer over the weekend, it was 479 in kelly and Dollard and 600 in Harver Norman

That was cheap !! was it ex display ? , Was it this weekend it was on sale. I never thought to even look in Soundstore as their prices are normally very high.

kinkstr

Nope wasnt ex display, fresh in a box. It was this weekend yea, they have some very good offers in there from time to time.

Barr

That is very cheap for the 40" . Is the sale still on or did it end today ? For that price its worth the trip.

kinkstr

Oops sorry, i misread the model number in the title mate, its the 32" im talking about.

Barr

Oh rite that explains it , I was ready to hop in the car to waterford there