Shocking Monster SCART comparison in Currys

Pyriform wrote:
loz wrote:
"Pyriform" wrote in message
...

Well there are plenty of displays about with twin tuners that
support split screen.
That isnt a problem.
Split screen rather than picture-in-picture? I assumed he meant a
line down the centre of the screen, either horizontally or
vertically.

Yes.

I'm perfectly willing to stand corrected but I'm having trouble
seeing the point of such a feature, unless it's to facilitate dodgy
demonstrations...

Er, so you can watch 2 sources side by side...

How does it modify the picture to fit the altered aspect ratio?

Badly?
--
Alex

Piece by piece the penguins have taken my sanity
www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

"Pyriform" wrote in message
...
loz wrote:
"Pyriform" wrote in message
...

Well there are plenty of displays about with twin tuners that
support split screen.
That isnt a problem.
Split screen rather than picture-in-picture? I assumed he meant a
line down the centre of the screen, either horizontally or
vertically.

Yes.

I'm perfectly willing to stand corrected but I'm having trouble
seeing the point of such a feature, unless it's to facilitate dodgy
demonstrations...

Er, so you can watch 2 sources side by side...

How does it modify the picture to fit the altered aspect ratio?

Squashivision normally.
Bit like when the broadcasters do it over the end of the credits and show
some preview for an upcoming programme alongside the credits and both get
squashed.
Though some sets might show them proper aspet too, with big black bars.
Loz

loz wrote:
"Pyriform" wrote ...
loz wrote:
"Pyriform" wrote
Well there are plenty of displays about with twin tuners that
support split screen.
That isnt a problem.
Split screen rather than picture-in-picture? I assumed he meant a
line down the centre of the screen, either horizontally or
vertically.

Yes.

I'm perfectly willing to stand corrected but I'm having trouble
seeing the point of such a feature, unless it's to facilitate dodgy
demonstrations...

Er, so you can watch 2 sources side by side...

How does it modify the picture to fit the altered aspect ratio?

Squashivision normally.

Ah. I guess other people must have different ideas to mine about what
constitutes a useful feature!

I think we need the OP to tell us exactly what was on the display he saw in
Currys before speculating further...

"loz" wrote in message
...

"Pyriform" wrote in message
...
loz wrote:
"Pyriform" wrote in message
...

Well there are plenty of displays about with twin tuners that
support split screen.
That isnt a problem.
Split screen rather than picture-in-picture? I assumed he meant a
line down the centre of the screen, either horizontally or
vertically.

Yes.

I'm perfectly willing to stand corrected but I'm having trouble
seeing the point of such a feature, unless it's to facilitate dodgy
demonstrations...

Er, so you can watch 2 sources side by side...

How does it modify the picture to fit the altered aspect ratio?

Squashivision normally.
Bit like when the broadcasters do it over the end of the credits and show
some preview for an upcoming programme alongside the credits and both get
squashed.
Though some sets might show them proper aspet too, with big black bars.

Why would anyone want to watch two programmes simultaneously on one screen
in squashavision? Where is the enjoyment in that? I can see that if there
were two matches being played at the same time then you could feasibly want
to watch both but not if the picture is so badly compromised

Tricky

Spack wrote:
I'd guess that the box outputting the 2 SCART signals has one for "TV"
output with RGB, and one for "VCR" in/out with composite only, and the
Monster cable is on the RGB SCART.

I'd certainly assume that that would be their minumum starting
position, and would still be an unfair comparison.

But the "bad" side was way worse than that, it was almost monochome,
and *really* fuzzy. Far worse than I could ever make the worst,
unscreened composite video ever turn out.

I *really* wish I'd delved round the back and tried swapping the cables
over...

Alec wrote:
Spack wrote:
I'd guess that the box outputting the 2 SCART signals has one for
"TV" output with RGB, and one for "VCR" in/out with composite only,
and the Monster cable is on the RGB SCART.

I'd certainly assume that that would be their minumum starting
position, and would still be an unfair comparison.

But the "bad" side was way worse than that, it was almost monochome,
and *really* fuzzy. Far worse than I could ever make the worst,
unscreened composite video ever turn out.

Since you're here again, can you resolve the question of what exactly was
being shown on the screen? Was it a single image split down the middle, or
the same hideously squashed image shown on both sides, or something else
entirely?

I *really* wish I'd delved round the back and tried swapping the
cables over...

There's still time... I'm sticking to my theory that one of them is a
dummy.

Pyriform wrote:
Since you're here again, can you resolve the question of what exactly was
being shown on the screen? Was it a single image split down the middle, or
the same hideously squashed image shown on both sides, or something else
entirely?

From memory, I think it was the same image on both halves of the
screen. Don't think it was squashed.

I *really* wish I'd delved round the back and tried swapping the
cables over...

There's still time... I'm sticking to my theory that one of them is a
dummy.

Could well be. Next time I'm there I'll certainly give it a go.

Pyriform wrote:

There's still time... I'm sticking to my theory that one of them is a
dummy.

That's the easy one to find - it's in the Currys uniform.




--
non potete realmente essere una testa della benzina fino a che non
abbiate condotto un Passat TDi

"Pyriform" wrote in
:

Split screen rather than picture-in-picture? I assumed he meant a line
down the centre of the screen, either horizontally or vertically.

I'm perfectly willing to stand corrected but I'm having trouble seeing
the point of such a feature, unless it's to facilitate dodgy
demonstrations...

Think in terms of your missus watching Corrie while you have a football
match on the other side of the screen that you wanted to see but weren't
too bothered about listening to. Not split screen per se but two small
screens next to each other with big black lines top and bottom.
Or if you were playing XBox while you were waiting for something to start
and you wanted to keep an eye on the channel either on one side of the
screen or in a small box in the corner of the screen with the xbox
fullscreen.

Or as we have done, if there was breaking news somewhere and you wanted to
keep an eye on 2 different news channels simultaniously

Damon

"loz" wrote in
:

Squashivision normally.
Bit like when the broadcasters do it over the end of the credits and
show some preview for an upcoming programme alongside the credits and
both get squashed.
Though some sets might show them proper aspet too, with big black
bars. Loz

By some, he means, new TV's, it does not squash anything, it keeps the
ratio on both images it simply reduces the height of each picture to keep
ratio with the width of two screens side by side on your screen.

Ok, here is what i mean
This is what my Pioneer does with two sources onscreen, they are uneven
but the ratio is maintained with grey screen saving background colour
http://www.dshawcross.co.uk/images/Pioneer.jpg

This is what my connected Humax HDD Digibox does when it does splitscreen
on the same TV
http://www.dshawcross.co.uk/images/Humax.jpg
I think the 2nd is better at it but it is just 2 freeview channels not 2
scart sources as you can do with the Pioneer

And for laughs here is what happens wih the picture in picture in picture
with the Pioneer Tuner split with the Humax picture while the Humax has
splitscreen selected
http://www.dshawcross.co.uk/images/HumaxPioneer.jpg

Damon