Page 1 of Beginners beware! Connect cables the right way round!

For people not following my previous thread about problems with my Toshiba setup, I was having problems with dolby digital sound. I discovered this morning that the co-ax cable is uni-directional, no-one told me! So if you are having problems check that your cable is the right way round!

Relieved but embarressed!

Hi Paul,
Are you aware that AV3 on this TV is not RGB enabled ?
If you invest in an S-VIDEO interconnect, and connect the DVD direct to the S-VIDEO input on the TV, the resulting picture will knock the socks off your current set-up !!
note:- on the dvd setup menu, you will have to set the output to s-video on the picture menu. on the tv ,set the ext3 input to s-video, and voila !!!!

with regards to the above comment,yes-s video is brill,BUT,as mentioned in a previous thread,if you have a similairly equipped dvd player then component video is THE most amazing way to view those hi res dvd pictures.
All new tosh sets are fitted with component video inputs,you can identify them as 3 phono sockets,coloured red green and blue.if your dvd has the same connection method-what are you waiting for!
its similair in essence to rgb,but provides the benefits of s video(seperates the luminance+brightness),plus you get a picture which is far more natural and cinematic.
Theres my bit over,now im off to enjoy the sun!
have fun peeps

westy :-)

I don`t see how Component connection can offer an advantage over RGB! As I mentioned in another thread, the Component information from the DVD has to be converted into RGB anyway before it reaches the picture tube - the only difference with a Component connection is that this conversion takes place within the TV set rather than within the DVD player itself.

It may well look better if the TV is better at converting than the DVD player is, but Component isn`t inherently superior to RGB.

Mike

How can you have a `uni-directional` coax cable!? It`s just a piece of 75Ohm coax similar to TV aerial cable. Anyone?

As a basic rule of thumb the signal should go the same way as the writing on the cable (unless it say different on the box)

Hope this helps,

Andrew.

Westy
As I outlined earlier, this TV does not have component inputs, and the only RGB enabled scart is AV1. As Sky digiboxes only have scart output, the optimum setup is to set the Sky box to RGB output via AV1, and to input the DVD picture via the S-Video connector .......

pardon me for having an opinion! but without getting technical about component conversion and all that,to my eyes(and quite a few others),component gives a far superior image than rgb.i know the tv in question has no component input,but those that have-why not use it.its not a huge difference,but depth of field and colour saturation are better thru component by far.
but different opinions count,and thats what the forums are for at the end of the day-but i stick by my investment-COMPONENT RULES!!

westy :-)

I think you`ll find most of the home cinema magazines agree with you, Davey, although I have to say Mike`s points are very interesting, and made me aware of something I didn`t know.

I love learning stuff, don`t you ? ;-)

This item was edited on Monday, 16th July 2001, 17:18

Hey I`m not having a pop at your opinion Davey :-) just pointing out that there`s nothing inherently technically "better" about component. I can see how it might offer an improvement in some cases, but in other cases an RGB connection might look superior. It all depends on the equipment.

The only answer is to try both and see - your eyes never lie :-)

Mike