We've got a home theatre and an lcd tv. There are the usual av ports in both and also there's HDMi on the tele, but I doubt that's avaialble from UBC or the home theatre. There's alos component ports in both, but I'm not sure about the UBC thing.

I currently run the UBC signal into the home theatre (it runs as an amplifier) via av leads. Then I use a video (yellow) lead for the picture to the tele.

I appreciate thet UBC True's sugnal leaves a lot to be desired, so am I going to be any better off doing this in a different way?

Find a UBC box with component out first.. All the common boxes have at best s-vid.. Or at worst (shudder) composite.. I have dreamboxes with scart adapters that have Euro component, that is RGB and not the YPbPr that most people call component here..

Plus I also have a Media PC with a sat reception card using dscaler directshow filters on the digital bitstream and outputting HDMI, but there about 5 other people on the planet that are as anal about video as me

We've got a home theatre and an lcd tv. There are the usual av ports in both and also there's HDMi on the tele, but I doubt that's avaialble from UBC or the home theatre. There's alos component ports in both, but I'm not sure about the UBC thing.

I currently run the UBC signal into the home theatre (it runs as an amplifier) via av leads. Then I use a video (yellow) lead for the picture to the tele.

I appreciate thet UBC True's sugnal leaves a lot to be desired, so am I going to be any better off doing this in a different way?

for now the av lead or svideo are both more than capable of carrying the very low res, low bandwith signal. you will not see any difference by upgrading. anything larger than 32 inch will look like dross.

Is svideo the 15 pin slot?

That is S_Video plug and socket

Hope that helps

It certainly does, thank you very kindly.

Will S Video improve the picture any (over AV) and on my 37" box?

Will S Video improve the picture any (over AV) and on my 37" box?

it could, that is if you were receiving a signal that is clean enough to be improved. UBCs video stream is so highly compressed that it often makes no appreciable difference in quality.

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We've got a home theatre and an lcd tv. There are the usual av ports in both and also there's HDMi on the tele, but I doubt that's avaialble from UBC or the home theatre. There's alos component ports in both, but I'm not sure about the UBC thing.

I currently run the UBC signal into the home theatre (it runs as an amplifier) via av leads. Then I use a video (yellow) lead for the picture to the tele.

I appreciate thet UBC True's sugnal leaves a lot to be desired, so am I going to be any better off doing this in a different way?

for now the av lead or svideo are both more than capable of carrying the very low res, low bandwith signal. you will not see any difference by upgrading. anything larger than 32 inch will look like dross.

Got that right. I just "upgraded" my old 29" flat tv this past weekend for a spiffy new 37" lcd model. And instantly wished I hadn't bothered... Utter <deleted>.

Got that right. I just "upgraded" my old 29" flat tv this past weekend for a spiffy new 37" lcd model. And instantly wished I hadn't bothered... Utter <deleted>.

That is probably due to the quality of the UBC signal.

When I first saw an LCD screen in hotel in Malaysia I was very disappointed.

However I now have one of my own (Samsung), connected to a satellite box viewing Nilesat and Hotbird in Europe

and I could not be more happy.

Back to the original question.

1. I have not seen UBC box with HDMI. (note HDMI is not a "solid" standard"

There are reports of different manufacturers boxes refusing to talk to each other. )

2. Next best is S-video. (Much better than standard AV)

3 When you buy the cable go to a Hi Fi shop and tell them exactly what you want.

It will cost more than the one from the hole in the wall guy, but it will probably be thicker, with less losses

and therefore a better picture.

1. I have not seen UBC box with HDMI. (note HDMI is not a "solid" standard"

There are reports of different manufacturers boxes refusing to talk to each other. )

2. Next best is S-video. (Much better than standard AV)

Not correct.

1. HDMI

2. Component

3. S-Video

4. Composite

5. Co-axial.

And do UBC boxes have component output??

And do UBC boxes have component output??

as kmart and i have both pointed out, unless you have a quality signal -something that is not provided by ubc - the diffences are moot