O/T LCD to DVD compatability
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:17
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Dave Thomson
Hi All, anyone know how to reformat a DVD player to be compatable with your new set ?, basically I've got a phillips dvd recorder which is 6 weeks old and a new 106cm LG LCD whilst i've tuned them in ok the picture quality on the dvd is poor looks like analoge , tried formating the dvd and retuning the lcd but the picture quality is still poor on the dvd, any and all advise is appreciated,
thanks in advance,
Dave
Reply By: Emo - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:21
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:21
Is the tuner in the DVD recorder analogue or digital? That could be the problem.
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Kath - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 16:37
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 16:37
DVD into the tv would bypass the tuner and go straight in the input ports.
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:48
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:48
What sort of cable are you using to connect them?
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:53
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 15:53
U shouldnt have to tune the TV into the recorder
It should be plugged into one of your AV inputs on the TV and will give a good picture.
NEVER run it thru the tuner. If your TV has HDMI or Component inputs they will be best by far. YOu do need specialist cables for both however.
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Kath - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 16:42
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 16:42
Shold be using the yellow, red, and white ported audio cables output from the recorder to inputs of the TV. Is that what you are doing?
It shouldn't be anything to do with the formatting of the DVD disk, just wether you have the system switching properly I would have thought.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 20:54
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 20:54
Shouldn't really look at Composite video these days
John, that should be one of the last options if other output types aren't available (which they probably are)....
Andrew
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Reply By: Dunco (NSW) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 20:22
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 20:22
DVD is Analogue... I haven't seen a Digital tuner in a DVD yet.
That is why the picture is a little poorer.
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Follow Up By: Dave Thomson - Monday, Jan 14, 2008 at 18:07
Monday, Jan 14, 2008 at 18:07
Dunco I reckon that'd be it mate, it would explain much we ended up concluding the antenna was part to blame , raised it a couple of inches and its a whole lot better but your on the money it cant be as good as its analogue, once again I'm in the forumites debt,
thank you all ,
Dave
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Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 21:11
Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at 21:11
Is this DVD a copied one from the recorder? Copy protection, whilst looking ok on the TV initially, may cause fuzziness and make the DVD unusable....just a thought.
I take it the DVD recorder is the non-HDMI version? (DVDR3480/05)
Andrew
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 at 19:33
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 at 19:33
The first way to set up a Dvd recorder and a TV of any sort is to run the Aerial into the RF IN on DVD recorder and then connect the AV OUT of the DVD to any of the AV IN on the TV. That way you tune the dvd to the stations and just use the AV selected on the TV
The other way is to connect the aerial to the RF in on the DVD and then from the RF out to the TV and then tune the stations on the TV as well as using the above method. If you use the first you can record as well as watch but ONLY THE CHANNEL U R WATCHING
If you add the second u can record one channel and watch another
The DVD RECORD function has nothing to do with picture quality on the TV or are u referring to the quality of a recorded image.
A bit of an obscure post there.
By connecting up the second way the DVD is just a pass thru for the aerial and shouldnt make any degradation of picture. Check your cables and connections and orientation of your aerial
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