improving foxtel piccie

**ozchips** · 25-03-09, 10:42 AM

can you do this on a large plasma
everything is outstanding except for foxtel , it is a fairly good pic , but blurry . Atm it is just standard AV cables , if I use a S video or a scart ot component will there be any improvement ?

**Fernbay** · 25-03-09, 10:48 AM

Composite is all three colours mixed together. ie - R + G + B

Component is all three colours seperate & on their own cables.
Because of this, component has 3 times the bandwidth, so more of the signal makes it to the set. Component will always be beter than composite.

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Originally Posted by ozchips

can you do this on a large plasma
everything is outstanding except for foxtel , it is a fairly good pic , but blurry . Atm it is just standard AV cables , if I use a S video or a scart ot component will there be any improvement ?

**ozchips** · 25-03-09, 01:43 PM

so best to use a scart to composite then Fernbay ?
atm it is scart to standard av

**Fernbay** · 25-03-09, 01:55 PM

If you have the correct scart to component (red, green, blue ( + red / white for audio)) then yep, use it

Use composite ( yellow ( + red / white for audio)) as a last resort only - the quality will be worse on composite due to all three colours being 'squashed' onto the one single cable

**ozchips** · 25-03-09, 02:27 PM

ok will pick one up mate , in the meantime I have one that has composite and s-video , I will see if that sharpens it up a little

**NoService** · 25-03-09, 04:02 PM

sorry to thread jump but thanks for that info fernbay you just cleared up my picture.

ive researched around but that was the most concise explanation of composite v component that ive read, plain n simple.

i went and bought new composite cables and austar is now watchable on the 50".......the pictures heaps better.

im off to watch a crap load of real insurance ads now on a clearer picture, i might even but a ped egg and a ringtone now i can see them clearly.

leaves room laughing........................

NS

**mate** · 26-03-09, 09:50 AM

if you get hold of the component to scart, go into your fox settings and change the picture to YUV.

**ozchips** · 26-03-09, 10:42 AM

I tried the scart to S-video on the fox decoder last night and I got a B&W picture full of lines ??? the S-video cable worked fine with other things , is there a setting on the decoder to change as well for that ?
Have to contact foxtel anyway the last few months the box has been freezing and generally playing up . Anyone have a number to contact them so that I actually get to talk to someone and not get that stupid auto thing

**Fernbay** · 26-03-09, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ozchips

Have to contact foxtel anyway the last few months the box has been freezing and generally playing up . Anyone have a number to contact them so that I actually get to talk to someone and not get that stupid auto thing

When you phone them, just choose the option to pay your bill - That always seems to get a human being answering for some reason - I guess they want your $$$

**ozchips** · 26-03-09, 02:46 PM

got em , went via telstra , a tech is coming out tommorow , they tried to get me to upgrade to an IQ , half the standard rate , $50 install and $5/month with no changes to package .
Also managed to get the s-video to output in colour , there is a setting to get it to do so , it does make a slight improvement

**Tugboat** · 26-03-09, 07:11 PM

change that to component and the picture will improve 10 fold

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NoService Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 897 Thanks: 78 Thanked 167 Times in 112 Posts Rep Power: 27	sorry to thread jump but thanks for that info fernbay you just cleared up my picture. ive researched around but that was the most concise explanation of composite v component that ive read, plain n simple. i went and bought new composite cables and austar is now watchable on the 50".......the pictures heaps better. im off to watch a crap load of real insurance ads now on a clearer picture, i might even but a ped egg and a ringtone now i can see them clearly. leaves room laughing........................ NS __________________ An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be!!

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25-03-09, 01:43 PM	#3
ozchips Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ipswich QLD Age: 38 Posts: 1,861 Thanks: 78 Thanked 130 Times in 86 Posts Rep Power: 25	so best to use a scart to composite then Fernbay ? atm it is scart to standard av

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ozchips Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ipswich QLD Age: 38 Posts: 1,861 Thanks: 78 Thanked 130 Times in 86 Posts Rep Power: 25	ok will pick one up mate , in the meantime I have one that has composite and s-video , I will see if that sharpens it up a little

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mate Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: rooting my mum Posts: 1,617 Thanks: 88 Thanked 161 Times in 118 Posts Rep Power: 0	if you get hold of the component to scart, go into your fox settings and change the picture to YUV.

26-03-09, 10:42 AM	#8
ozchips Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ipswich QLD Age: 38 Posts: 1,861 Thanks: 78 Thanked 130 Times in 86 Posts Rep Power: 25	I tried the scart to S-video on the fox decoder last night and I got a B&W picture full of lines ??? the S-video cable worked fine with other things , is there a setting on the decoder to change as well for that ? Have to contact foxtel anyway the last few months the box has been freezing and generally playing up . Anyone have a number to contact them so that I actually get to talk to someone and not get that stupid auto thing

26-03-09, 02:46 PM	#10
ozchips Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ipswich QLD Age: 38 Posts: 1,861 Thanks: 78 Thanked 130 Times in 86 Posts Rep Power: 25	got em , went via telstra , a tech is coming out tommorow , they tried to get me to upgrade to an IQ , half the standard rate , $50 install and $5/month with no changes to package . Also managed to get the s-video to output in colour , there is a setting to get it to do so , it does make a slight improvement

26-03-09, 07:11 PM	#11
Tugboat Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 27 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 4	change that to component and the picture will improve 10 fold