improving foxtel piccie

[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 ?

[Fernbay]

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.

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]

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

[Fernbay]

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]

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]

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]

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

[ozchips]

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]

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]

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]

change that to component and the picture will improve 10 fold