DVD Loopthrough

ht_waynef

22-11-2005

A quick question:

If I have a TV with only one RGB-enabled SCART, would it be possible to connect a DVD player to the Toppy via SCART, and then watch DVDs using the SCART output from the Toppy (assuming the unit was in standby)?

If so, would there be any noticeable degradation in quality by using this method as opposed to plugging the DVD player in direct?

Thanks!

CJL

22-11-2005

Nope, chaining devices like that is the usual way to connect multiple devices to a single TV scart. At home I have Philips streamium->PVR->DVDR->TV and all FOUR devices work with high quality RGB signals though this relies on the middle two being able to do "RGB loop through".

Cliff

ht_waynef

22-11-2005

Originally Posted by CJL:
“Nope, chaining devices like that is the usual way to connect multiple devices to a single TV scart. At home I have Philips streamium->PVR->DVDR->TV and all FOUR devices work with high quality RGB signals though this relies on the middle two being able to do "RGB loop through".

Cliff”

Excellent - so the Toppy can do RGB Loop Through then (as opposed to non-RGB)?

bumpkin

22-11-2005

Originally Posted by ht_waynef:
“Excellent - so the Toppy can do RGB Loop Through then (as opposed to non-RGB)?”

Yes, I have DVD > VHS > TOPPY > TV RGB#1, as the VHS and the Toppy both have RGB pass though I get RGB output from my DVD.

ht_waynef

22-11-2005

Spot on - thanks guys.

This somewhat makes those SCART splitting boxes redundant then, doesn't it?

CJL

22-11-2005

Originally Posted by ht_waynef:
“This somewhat makes those SCART splitting boxes redundant then, doesn't it?”

Usually but not always - some setups are so complicated that five into two won't go (or whatever).

Cliff

klunk

22-11-2005

[edit]sorry - posted reply to thread I opened ages ago. More recent replies invalidate mine[/edit]

ht_waynef

23-11-2005

Originally Posted by CJL:
“Usually but not always - some setups are so complicated that five into two won't go (or whatever).

Cliff”

Actually I've just had a thought: what would happen in this scenario?

I have my Toppy on, recording something, but I want to watch a DVD at the same time. Which signal would my TV then display from the Toppy's SCART output?

Would I always have to have the Toppy switched to standby if I wanted to watch DVD?

Thanks...

CJL

23-11-2005

ht_waynef,

In my setup PVR->DVDR->TV the PVR can be happily recording something while I play a DVD (cos the DVD is "closer" to the telly). The one thing that I can't do is use the DVDR to record off its analogue tuner while watching a PVR digital channel but I cannot for the life of me think why I'd EVER want to record analogue ever again so this is never a limitation. About the only time the DVDR "gets in the way" between me and watching the PVR is for the couple of minutes it is finalising a disc. During that operation I can only see the DVDR menu and the PVR signal remains "hidden". On the whole this isn't a great problem either though.

Cliff

ht_waynef

24-11-2005

One more thought - if I went PVR > DVD > TV , then this would require my DVD player to have RGB-enabled loopthrough, would it not?

Is there any way of finding out whether it does this? It is a cheapo Toshiba SD240E...

CJL

24-11-2005

Originally Posted by ht_waynef:
“this would require my DVD player to have RGB-enabled loopthrough, would it not?”

It would and if the manual doesn't give a clue then the other way is simply to "suck it and see" !

Cliff

tichtich

26-11-2005

Originally Posted by CJL:
“In my setup PVR->DVDR->TV the PVR can be happily recording something while I play a DVD (cos the DVD is "closer" to the telly).”

I've got that setup too (even though my TV has plenty of Scart sockets) and I've been very happy with it. It also lets me record from the Toppy to the DVDR in RGB or S-video. (Recording from the Toppy's VCR Scart is limited to composite video.)