Sky to HD wiring configuration?

[nobbly]

Sky digital box coaxial output, via coax cable to a 4xway amplifier (for TV signal distribution around the house).
Coax cable from 4 x way amp to DVD recorders coaxial digital aerial input. *
DVD recorders coaxial digital aerial output to DVD recorders coaxial analogue aerial input. *
* As instructed by Sony.
Sky digital is only available thru the HD TV analogue tuner and the resulting Sky picture & audio quality is poor.
The HD TV and DVD recorder are near top of the range and come with a good selection of connections.
Therefore, my question is, how can I configure the wiring between these 2 items if the signal is still to come from the amplifier?

Nobbly

[pug100]

Hi Nobbly,
Can I ask why you are using coax connections for HD when you could be using scart or the HDMI connector (tv only)

[Whiskery Ron]

Try ;- Digibox scart out to DVD Rec in,DVD scart out to TV scart in(AV1). Digibox RF out to DVD Rec RF in,DVD Rec out to Aerial Amp RF in, 4 way Aerial, distribute wherever. I have a similar system & I incorporate a VCR in between Digibox & DVD Rec,I then feed 3 more TVs from this config & it all works a treat.Ron.

[nobbly]

Hi Pug100,

With thanks for your reply.
I forgot to mention that I had an HDMI cable between DVD recorder & HDTV and this has proved to be worth the money when playing DVD.
But I am having to use coaxial cable to connect from Sky digital to the DVD recorder via the 4 x way amp to enable Sky distribution around the house.
If there is an alternative method (eg digital amplification and not analogue amplification) thus providing a 'near direct' digital connect to the recorder from the Sky box, then that would be the ideal.

Regards, Nobbly

[pug100]

In that case the best quality will be obtained by using the Scart connectors in and out of the DVD then into the tv as Ron suggests. Check the settings on the Sky box and make sure the Scart output is set to RGB for best quality.