Hi Everyone ,
My 13 year old Toshiba TV doesn't seem to recognise the RGB output from my PS2 . It keeps using the component video input signal . I've tried the PS2 with the same RGB scart on a new TV and the new TV detects the RGB signal and switches automatically .
My Toshiba TV has a SCART connector and I'm sure the RGB input worked OK with my Sony multiregional DVD player as I was able to watch R1 films OK . The Toshiba TV is not NTSC compatible .
I presume the TV doesn't detect/understand the control signals from the PS2 . How exactly does that work and is there anyway that I can "force" it to use the RGB signal instead of the component video .
Thanks in advance .
Paul

I believe the RGB has been disabled for DVD playback on the PS2. I think the best you can get is S-Video (via a special lead). S-Video is a huge improvement on composite but is very second best when compared to RGB.

In all fairness though, it's like composite is RIGHT down the bottom of picture quality charts, then Svideo is RIGHT at the top., just a tiny tiny amount below RGB, and most people (including myself) can't notice any difference between Svideo and RGB.

Mark

There is quite a difference. More so when you are reading text on menus, it's a LOT easier on the eye.

Also project the image on a 40" plus screen and BOY is there a HUGE difference.

I'm really not convinced. I've seen svideo and RGB both used on some fantastically good display equipment, and to my eye they are slightly different, but neither one is really that much better or worse, they are just different.

I'm thinking more of film/video than menus in these comparisons, in all fairness.

Mark

Fair enough, but from what I've seen on DVD playback on about 7 TVs in various family & friends' homes, RGB has always come out on top. And this is from a variety of Manufactures, Pan, JVC, Tosh, Philips. They were all modern WS TVs bar one.

Fair enough. You could well be right then - sounds like a wider variety of equipment than I've looked at.

Mark

Thanks Guys for the info . I've "manually" (don't want to get the link closed !!) activated the DVD RGB output .
My question is , how does the TV know that it´s receiving an RGB input . As I stated I've got one TV that swiches OK and my old Toshiba which doesn´t . I presume that things have changed in the last 13 years regarding the control signals thru the SCART cable .
However , my old Toshiba does detect my VCR when I switch It on but I'm not sure if these control signals are the same .
Thanks
Paul

Although your television can detect your VCR via the SCART it is probably not an RGB enabled television. Hence when you send it a RGB signal it ignores it totally.

I assume that this is perhaps either on old television or a portable or one that simply does not offer RGB input. You must remember that not all televisions can handle/work with RGB or S/Video signals.

Furthermore, in responce to the debate concerning RGB & S/Video, I have a 36" Widescreen with SkyDigital (RGB) and DVD player (S/Video).

Watching a movie from either devices you would honestly not detect any difference, having said that I still prefer watching a movie on the DVD, perhaps it's to do with the technical details of the actuall picture (such as bit rates etc) as opposed to the connection type.

Thanks Pyara ,
I was thinking the same ... that the TV is not RGB compatible . There's only one thing that annoys me . It's got a SCART connector and I've got the service manual for the TV and the RGB cables are connected . Doesn't this mean that it's RGB compatible ?? Then again the best test is to try it and I have and it doesn´t work . You can't get a better test than that .
I understand about the VCR and I presume , as I stated before that the switching control signals differ between VCR-->>TV and RGB--->TV . The TV is 13 years old .
Thanks again for replying .
Paul