Comments on: How to connect your Plasma TV

By: David Kaspar

David Kaspar — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:33:05 +0000

Update 28/01/04 The comments are now closed. Please post any new questions in the forum.

By: nigel rolf

nigel rolf — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:35:05 +0000

Hi,
I have just discovered (after 2 hours of frustrated helpline experience) that powered scart leads connected to Sky+ boxes prevent you from booking Box Office Movies.
My supplyer apogised and told me that this should have been pointed out when I bought it. He has suggested that I just return to an s.video set up to get around the problem.
Is this the only/best alternative?
Kind regards,
Nigel Rolf

By: steve parker

steve parker — Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:29:14 +0000

hi
I recently bought the techwood plasma and cannot find out any information regarding its origins. the manual that came with it was written by a 5 year old chimpanzee with dellusions of grandure.
seriously, the screen it self is amazing. i just would like to know a little more about who actually manufactured it and some proper technical information for the future
Regards
Steve Parker

By: Paul Mackinnon

Paul Mackinnon — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:55:40 +0000

Hi,
I am about to have a Panasonic 42 PWD6 delivered with the TUTP 600 tuner box and a card that connects this to the screen (Scart). The Tuner box output is RGB. Will this deliver the best picture, or should I get something else that would enhance it? I see from the notes above about RGB to Plasmas VGA convertor?
Thanks

By: CHRIS FOX

CHRIS FOX — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:04:17 +0000

i have a customer with three BenQ 46w plasma screens, he wishes to watch the output from a sky digibox on all three at the same time. the video leads are 20m , 12m & 7m in length. we have tried a “cheap” video splitter but we are haveing problems with pictures going black &white or 2″ lines running vertically along the screen with lighter and darker parts of the image in them.this happens on one screen then the next until all three display the same. switch off all screens, repower then a delay of up to 5 hours then the same again. What is the best way to connect ? and what type/brand of video splitter ? we have one other screen connect by a 40m lead from the video scart on the digibox and it works fine. only the three from the splitter cause us issues
thanks

By: David Kaspar

David Kaspar — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:38:57 +0000

You need some kind of AV to VGA converter and the correct cables. This one sells for $40. http://www.psreporter.com/eb.php?pid=219900 good luck

By: brent

brent — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:04:05 +0000

sorry, should have said TFT flat screen,
many thanks

By: brent

brent — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:56:03 +0000

Whats a cheap way to connect my ps2 to a (proview) plasma monitor for a computer?

By: Jakki Leeland

Jakki Leeland — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:35:56 +0000

hi,
we recently bought the Techwood 42″ TWP42O5PL plasma, we seem to be having a problem with the picture, we use a “gold” scart cable and it runs RGB, the picture looks like what i can only describe as a watercolour painting, that has been left in the rain, it looks all blurred and out of focus until it catches up with the image,
I also cant find any information anywhere about this model, i must add that when you watch a DVD the picture is almost perfect…(yamaha DVD System)
kind regards Jakki

By: David Kaspar

David Kaspar — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:09:13 +0000

Hey Richard,
all Plasma TVs suffer from a bit of lag between picture and sound. I think this is due to the fact that it takes some time for the video processor in the Plasma to generate the picture.
Certain high-end amps have time delay feature on the sound.
I have noticed that my Sky box every now and then gets even more out of synch than normally. What seems to help then is to turn it off and on again and it gets better.