TV SET-up
I have:
1) A Sony 32v2500 LCD TV;
2) a NTL Samsung SMT 2110c STB; and
3) a Panasonic DMRES30 DVD/VCR recorder.
All connections have to date been via good quality Scart. Picture quality from NTL was excellent, but picture quality from DVDs has been poor - out of focus with poor lip-sync and movement-smears.
DVD playback picture quality on my old Sony CRT, when connected by the same means, was excellent.
I was advised to try using component to link the DVD to the TV instead.
Therefore, my connections are now:
TV connected to DVD/VCR recorder by composite (and audio)
TV "AV1" socket connected to STB "TV" socket by Scart
STB "VCR" socket to DVD/VCR recorder "AV1 TV" socket by Scart
I have tried disconnecting either of the two Scarts (from TV to STB and from STB to DVD/VCR, because I thought I should do this, to force the signal from the DVD/VCR recorder to the TV via Composite - but each time I did this to either, I ended up with a black screen.
The composite MAY have improved the DVD playback, but I am uncertain.
Will the system automatically use the Composite link, even with both Scart links still in place? Or, am I doing something daft?
If it helps, the other settings I have used are as follows:
STB Settings:
"Scart AV Control": "ON"
"TV Screen": "16:9"
"TV Picture": "Composite (i.e. not RGB)"
DVD/VCR Settings:
16:9
"Progressive Scan": "On"
"AV1 Output": "Video with component"
TV Settings:
"TArget Input": "AV1"
"AV2 Input": "TV"
