RE: Widescreen switching

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

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I can pretty much guarantee you that no-one involved in professional AV was involved in the design of the SCART connector...

 

...it really is the most hatefull piece of shit I have ever come across.

 

Even S-Video mini-DIN connectors are more reliable!

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2002 21:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Widescreen switching

IIRC it came from a committee meeting in Brussels, no surprise there that it turned out crap then L

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2002 21:08
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Widescreen switching

 

It definitely can...

 

...but I do share Keiths hatred of Scart connectors ... the person who proposed its design should be shot.

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2002 21:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Widescreen switching

It cant.

 

That is the beauty of SCART. If only they had chosed a decent plug such as a D25 it would be almost perfect.

 

Tim Morris has some limited info on a new standard that puts a DC offset onto one of the signals of S-Video but as yet I can find no info on this and I believe support for this is very limited.

 

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: steve.crick@xxxxxxx [mailto:steve.crick@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 January 2002 09:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] Widescreen switching

Can anybody with a widescreen TV, DVD and Sky Digibox, connected via an amp (rather than direct scarts) tell me how the TV differentiates between an amorphic picture and a full-screen?

 

If that question makes no sense; I will try and explain. I have a normal 4:3 TV, and everything is set to 4:3 so I get letterbox pictures. Easy.

 

If I get a widescreen TV, then I want the higher resolution amorphic pictures. However, as all video runs through the amp, the widescreen signal on pin-8 (I think it is pin-8) will not make it to the TV. So how does the TV's widescreen autoswitch tell the difference between amorphic and full-screen?

 

I expect the answer to be: It can't, but I will ask the question anyway. If it is going to be a manual operation, then this is yet another thing to confuse SHMBO. Doh.

 

Steve

 

 

 

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