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I have a JVC DR-MH300 PVR/DVD player, a V+ box and a new Samsung LE40M8 LCD HD-TV. My problem is in joining them all together to get the best effect.
Currently I have HDMI cables between the V+ and the TV and between the PVR and the TV but I'm not convinced that I've selected the optimal settings to get the best out of the system.
The picture looks great when I'm watching either the BBC HD channel or some of the HD content on Virgin Media's VoD service. But on some of the other channels I get quite a lot of smudging and ghosting. Also when switching from a widescreen channel to a 4:3 channel, the screen doesn't resize itself automatically.
But the biggest problems are with the PVR/TV link. The video looks really muddy and there is no sound at all.
I'm hopeful that it will all work well if I just configure it all correctly, but I think that currently I'm some distance from that.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Even if it's just a pointer to a beginners web site that I should read.
Cheers,
Dave...
Update: I've just read something in the TV's manual saying that the HDMI connection won't carry sound if it's an older HDMI spec. The TV supports HDMI 1.3 and I can't find any information about what HDMI spec the PVR/DVD player supports. But anyway, having followed the manual's advice and added a separate audio connection, I now have sound.
So we're getting closer :-)
Currently I have HDMI cables between the V+ and the TV and between the PVR and the TV but I'm not convinced that I've selected the optimal settings to get the best out of the system.
The picture looks great when I'm watching either the BBC HD channel or some of the HD content on Virgin Media's VoD service. But on some of the other channels I get quite a lot of smudging and ghosting. Also when switching from a widescreen channel to a 4:3 channel, the screen doesn't resize itself automatically.
But the biggest problems are with the PVR/TV link. The video looks really muddy and there is no sound at all.
I'm hopeful that it will all work well if I just configure it all correctly, but I think that currently I'm some distance from that.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Even if it's just a pointer to a beginners web site that I should read.
Cheers,
Dave...
Update: I've just read something in the TV's manual saying that the HDMI connection won't carry sound if it's an older HDMI spec. The TV supports HDMI 1.3 and I can't find any information about what HDMI spec the PVR/DVD player supports. But anyway, having followed the manual's advice and added a separate audio connection, I now have sound.
So we're getting closer :-)
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make sure dvd player on RGB output and connected to RGB socket on tv usually av1