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On 3 March 2010 17:45, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not had any problems with widescreen switching on any of my kit running via > HDMI. I occasionally get the odd issue with HDMI handshaking though (I > think it's more the HDMI switchbox I have). > > TBH it's pretty pointless connecting a HD box to a HD TV via Scart, for > starters you won't get HD! > I thought it was implied that HD via SCART is not the best choice. However, there's nothing wrong with SCART for SD (because for most people HDMI aspect ratio switching doesn't work - on Sky for example it only seems to be certain Panasonic TVs that it works on) and then manually switching to HDMI when you want to watch in HD (where there should be no aspect ratio issues for obvious reasons). Bear in mind that some boxes (I think the Virgin boxes do this) don't actually send aspect ratio switching commands, they just put pillars in and send it as a widescreen image. Far more sensible than Sky's approach. > Even using component video from a HD box to a HD TV can be troublesome > nowadays with more and more providers insisting on DRM (which is why > generally connecting a Bluray player to a TV via component video will only > give you 578p). >> >> it > > BBC HD is low res HD crap :-) > > Saying that, 90% of the HD stuff I watch is at a lowish (around 10 Meg) > bitrate. Occasonally I do watch Blurays which even at 720p look great. Most movie-studio blurays are 1080i if not 1080p, I've found. I don't know much about the whole BBC HD issue (it looks fine to me, but I am not watching via the best monitor), but it would surely (when downscaled) look better than BBC1 simulcasting the same thing. Shaun -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html