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<blockquote data-quote="Misterfyer" data-source="post: 939678" data-attributes="member: 405993"><p>Thanks Paul, you have provided some helpful almost definitive replies to my questions. My pixellation is nowhere near as bad as any in the examples in your link; it only has about a 10% effect on the quality of the overall TV picture. The nearest similarity is with the 8th picture in which the blond woman's face looks ok but her hand - which is moving - is pixellated. So it is with me. Static parts of the image are ok but anything moving (eyes, lips, flowing hair, water flowing, grass blowing, etc.) displays with pixellated fringes that give a sort of sparkling effect, the rest of the image being more or less ok.</p><p></p><p>I have tried 3 different scart leads and wiggled everything 100 times, including the co-ax from the dish. No effect.</p><p></p><p>Your answers to my questions 1) and 2) are helpful as they seem to rule out any need for an HD box. It seems that by a process of elimination it must be the scart connection from my exisiting box to the TV set that is a weak link somehow. In fact the Samsung support girl tried to explain something along the lines that a scart lead can't cope with 1080. Do you think that is true? If so, it seems to suggest I need an HDMI connection. Problem is my box doesn't have an HDMI outlet.</p><p></p><p>You say I might get a 'slightly' better picture using HDMI connection - how much better, 5%, 10% 20%?</p><p></p><p>Would using a red/yellow/white lead be just as good (another problem, my TV has 5 coloured sockets, 2 red, one white, one blue and one green and yellow)?</p><p></p><p>If I have to get get a new box with an HDMI connection can you suggest what would suit? I suppose it would make sense to get an HD box in case more satellite signals are broadcast in HD in the future. But I don't need any recording facility. My technological acumen is about at the level of tying shoelaces. I have looked at boxes for sale on line and can't understand the tech details so need some guidance on what make/model offers good value and a suitable spec.</p><p>Thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Misterfyer, post: 939678, member: 405993"] Thanks Paul, you have provided some helpful almost definitive replies to my questions. My pixellation is nowhere near as bad as any in the examples in your link; it only has about a 10% effect on the quality of the overall TV picture. The nearest similarity is with the 8th picture in which the blond woman's face looks ok but her hand - which is moving - is pixellated. So it is with me. Static parts of the image are ok but anything moving (eyes, lips, flowing hair, water flowing, grass blowing, etc.) displays with pixellated fringes that give a sort of sparkling effect, the rest of the image being more or less ok. I have tried 3 different scart leads and wiggled everything 100 times, including the co-ax from the dish. No effect. Your answers to my questions 1) and 2) are helpful as they seem to rule out any need for an HD box. It seems that by a process of elimination it must be the scart connection from my exisiting box to the TV set that is a weak link somehow. In fact the Samsung support girl tried to explain something along the lines that a scart lead can't cope with 1080. Do you think that is true? If so, it seems to suggest I need an HDMI connection. Problem is my box doesn't have an HDMI outlet. You say I might get a 'slightly' better picture using HDMI connection - how much better, 5%, 10% 20%? Would using a red/yellow/white lead be just as good (another problem, my TV has 5 coloured sockets, 2 red, one white, one blue and one green and yellow)? If I have to get get a new box with an HDMI connection can you suggest what would suit? I suppose it would make sense to get an HD box in case more satellite signals are broadcast in HD in the future. But I don't need any recording facility. My technological acumen is about at the level of tying shoelaces. I have looked at boxes for sale on line and can't understand the tech details so need some guidance on what make/model offers good value and a suitable spec. Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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