scart vs. HDMI

radiat

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Atlantic Dawn

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Yes much better. Make sure you change the setup on the Xbox so that it outputs in HD.

gallag

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

God yes.

Copper_pipe

Huge improvement

jenno86

Ridiculously better

calex71

A bigger improvement than the €1.50/€2 price tag of a HDMI cable in the euro shops would lead you to believe but it will be a massive jump in quality.

hadepsx

not even a contest man, go get a hdmi cable asap, you'll be ****ting yourself with how much better it is

EoghanIRL

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Yes I would recommend it .

3rdDegree

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Assuming it's a HD TV (as it has hdmi, I guess it is), agree with the above. Huge improvement. Don't let some toss pot talk you into spending a small fortune on a hdmi. The cheap ones are just as good as the extensive ones, especially over short distance.

Black Dog

Would the same be true of a PS2. I bought a new tv last week and went to connect it today - to play a dvd. Found I had three leads going to five sockets. Sorted them out but quality was total rubbish - no colour, poor picture.

If I got a HDMI lead would it work OK?

My son suggests I simply get a blueray dvd player instead. The PS2 is something one of my sons left behind and is never used except for the occasional dvd. It worked fine with the old, very very old, tv.

GreenWolfe

Black Dog wrote: »

Would the same be true of a PS2. I bought a new tv last week and went to connect it today - to play a dvd. Found I had three leads going to five sockets. Sorted them out but quality was total rubbish - no colour, poor picture.

If I got a HDMI lead would it work OK?

My son suggests I simply get a blueray dvd player instead. The PS2 is something one of my sons left behind and is never used except for the occasional dvd. It worked fine with the old, very very old, tv.

Playstation 2's don't have HDMI. The port that may look like it is actually a proprietary video out port, AV/MULTI OUT.

EDIT: If your TV has component video, I'd be very surprised if it didn't have composite video.

See this picture - http://0.tqn.com/d/gi491/1/0/7/-/-/-/Photograph-6.jpg, does the back panel of your TV have the ports at the VIDEO/AUDIO label?

If it does, match them to the ports above VIDEO/AUDIO, not the Y Pb Pr ones.

calex71

Black Dog wrote: »

Would the same be true of a PS2. I bought a new tv last week and went to connect it today - to play a dvd. Found I had three leads going to five sockets. Sorted them out but quality was total rubbish - no colour, poor picture.

If I got a HDMI lead would it work OK?

My son suggests I simply get a blueray dvd player instead. The PS2 is something one of my sons left behind and is never used except for the occasional dvd. It worked fine with the old, very very old, tv.

Hmmmmm are we talking a ps2 or a ps3 here ???? 2 very different things, if its a ps3 yes HDMI cable from the euro shop all the way, if its a ps2 i dont even think hdmi was around nduring their lifetime,

In the mean time , your 3 leads to 5 situation there is composite cable to component input on the tv , id suggest a composite to scart adaptor, usually in the box if it is a ps2. but can be found in tesco etc. its a little black block you plug the 3 leads into and then connect to the scart input on the TV

ixoy

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Yes. Let me give you an example: The boyfriend was playing GTA IV and the text in parts of the game was fuzzy, difficult to make out (this was on a 32" LCD TV). I convinced him to switch to HDMI and suddenly that text, and all the picture, was sharp. He could read it now clearly.

radiat

great, i'll get one quick
-OP

Black Dog

Hi Earthly Pangaea and Calex71,

Many thanks for your replies.

It is indeed a PS2 - three leads while the tv has one line of five similar sockets. The tv is a Samsung 32inch FHD WEB 3D.

Calex71, the idea of a scart adaptor seems a cheap option to do the trick though I worry about taking the Sky scart connection out every time I want to look at a dvd.

There's always a problem!

Many thanks.

TheMooseInNam

As everyone has already stated, you'll have a vast improvement in picture quality moving from SCART to HDMI. You're basically going from annologue to digital.

On a side note, the price of the HDMI cable doesn't really represent the quality of the reception you'll get. HDMI is digital, so there's either a perfect signal or none at all. The main difference between the price on the cables in the quality of the connectors used at each end.

I picked up a bunch of cheap HDMI's when Lidl had them cheap and they work just as well as a pricey one I splashed out on.

radiat

does anyone know where i can get cheap ones in Dublin?
With P&P there's not a whole pile of difference in price online

Liam O

radiat wrote: »

does anyone know where i can get cheap ones in Dublin?
With P&P there's not a whole pile of difference in price online

Any 2 euro shop has them, they're pretty short though, but that is better for the quality.

abbir

Black Dog wrote: »

It is indeed a PS2 - three leads while the tv has one line of five similar sockets. The tv is a Samsung 32inch FHD WEB 3D.

Calex71, the idea of a scart adaptor seems a cheap option to do the trick though I worry about taking the Sky scart connection out every time I want to look at a dvd.

A scart adaptor won't improve your picture quality as it is still using the yellow composite connector for the picture. If you get a PS2/PS3 RGB scart cable then it would improve the picture.

However, you can get a PS2/PS3 component cable (this will have five RCA connections) that will plug into those five sockets on your TV. That will give the best picture you can get from a PS2.

Black Dog

Many thanks, Abbir.
I had a look around Harvey Normans and couldn't see such a connection. On the other hand, a blue ray dvd player is available for 90Euro. It might be the best in the long run.

2ndcoming

Hi lads,

I'm currently using the 5 separate component leads into the relevant ports which is displaying at 720/480, 60hz.

Is HDMI a further improvement or is this the optimum display setting for a 360?

Captain Chaos

2ndcoming wrote: »

Hi lads,

I'm currently using the 5 separate component leads into the relevant ports which is displaying at 720/480, 60hz.

Is HDMI a further improvement or is this the optimum display setting for a 360?

HDMI all the way, then you can go to 1080p at 60hz assuming the TV can do 1080p. 720p is the mid setting for a 360.

Meesared

Captain Chaos wrote: »

HDMI all the way, then you can go to 1080p at 60hz assuming the TV can do 1080p. 720p is the mid setting for a 360.

You can do 1080P on component too

Patsy fyre

Meesared wrote: »

You can do 1080P on component too

Yep but they have to be specific hd component cables.

Meesared

All Xbox component cables are HD

2ndcoming

How do I change it to 1080 then while still using the component cables?

Meesared

If your TV supports 1080P it will show up in the resolution list

Tea 1000

Meesared wrote: »

You can do 1080P on component too

Some TV's don't support 1080p over Component, but most do alright.

o1s1n

The difference between proper RGB scart and those ****ty red and yellow composite cables is staggaring. The amount of times I see people connect composite scart cables for their AV equipment when it supports RGB is insane. I see projectors in pubs with composite cables sticking out the back.

Composite scart gives you washed out colours and horrible horrible dot crawl. Proper RGB scart cables give you a beautiful solid picture.

FreezeUp

radiat wrote: »

i got an xbox for Christmas!!!!!!!!! Yippee.

It's connected to the telly with a scart lead. If i replaced it with a HDMI lead would there be much of an improvement?

Like going from Betamax to Blu Ray