sky hd connection

[wolfbaine]

hi im getting my sky hd box soon yay lol
all i want to know is whats the best way to connect it to tv
usual scart or can i go for a better option ????s vid or something else

[ChuckFickens]

What options have you got on your TV?

HDMI is the best option otherwise it's not worth getting a HD box.

[VHG]

As chck says, using HDMI is the only way to get HD on your TV.

And unless your TV is 1080 lines you will probably not notice much difference anyway.

[ChuckFickens]

"using HDMI is the only way to get HD on your TV"

Well other than the component video outputs on the sky box which will also give HD but no digital audio.

but wolfbaine without saying what the input options are on your TV then nobody will know what the best way to connect it is.

[wolfbaine]

hello all thanks for the advice
my tv has hdmi and s video and scart
i meant that as its coming this week will engineer conect by scart and i do hdmi myself later or will he install with hdmi
i looked online and saw that the recomended conection was scart

[ChuckFickens]

The engineer will probably only use what cables you already have, they won't supply any extra cables.

HDMI is by far the best way to connect (gawd knows where you looked that recommended SCART!)

On another note, Don't get fooled by any one that tries to sell you an expensive HDMI cable saying you will get a better picture, that is total rubbish, HDMI is a digital cable and you will get the same results using a tesco value cable (about £3) as you would with a monster cable (about £100). either buy them online ( http://www.amazon.co....qid=1258394640&sr=8-1 ) or as I did recently at your local large Tesco for under a fiver!

Note 2, if your TV is full 1080p HD then make sure you go into the settings for the sky box when you get it and turn the output to automatic (not 1080p) as this will improve the quality when viewing non-HD channels.