compression in broadcasting

I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv. Especially
around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it. The
BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV ones
are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it a
little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box runs
through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts are of low
quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd through
component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?

"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv. Especially
around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it.
The BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV
ones are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it
a little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box runs
through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts are of
low quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd through
component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?

Forgot to mention, I also have 2 hdmi, could they be of use?

"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv. Especially
around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it.
The BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV
ones are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it
a little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box runs
through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts are of
low quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd through
component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?

Correct

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"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv. Especially
around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it.
The BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV
ones are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it
a little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box runs
through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts are of
low quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd
through component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?

Correct

Thanks Tumbleweed. I thought maybe using better scarts might help, but if
not, I will not bother wasting my money.
Its a shame because when the channels are good they are very good, but bad
channels are quite distracting.

"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv.
Especially around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it.
The BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like
UKTV ones are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve
it a little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box
runs through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts
are of low quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd
through component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?

Correct

Thanks Tumbleweed. I thought maybe using better scarts might help, but if
not, I will not bother wasting my money.
Its a shame because when the channels are good they are very good, but bad
channels are quite distracting.


If the detail isnt there to start with, you cant improve it by changing
connectors.
(Except on CSI where they can seemingly start with a single pixel and blow
it up to show a detailed image :-)

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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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If the detail isnt there to start with, you cant improve it by changing
connectors.
(Except on CSI where they can seemingly start with a single pixel and blow
it up to show a detailed image :-)

But CSI is special after all ;-)

"Beck" [email protected] wrote in message
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I see quite a bit of compression on some channels on my hd tv. Especially
around text on screen, things look pixelated.

I am pretty sure it is not my TV because not all channels are like it.
The BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV
ones are quite bad.

As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it
a little? Like better cables or something. Currently the sky box runs
through scart to DVD which runs to TV also via scart. The scarts are of
low quality, would a better scart improve anything?
What about if I moved the xbox 360 to vga and sent the sky and dvd through
component leads?

Or is this a fruitless exercise?
Buy a smaller telly.

Beck wrote:

The
BBC channels are particularly good and the cheaper channels like UKTV ones
are quite bad.

And the shopping/babe/dating channels will be worse.


As I understand it, broadcasters use compression and some use more than
others, which would explain the difference in the better channels.

Yes.


I was wondering though if there is anything I can do myself to improve it a
little?

No.

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