Posted by Camper on 10/21/05 09:57

"kaboom" <kaboomicus@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:17:13 GMT, "Camper" <greentoow@yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> **Off analog cable, the Panny is fantastic. When I record off of the
>>> d-box, it's pixely/smeary within vast expanses of color. Like
>>> close-ups of faces or a field of green, you get this really weird
>>> effect, like a smeary pixelization but it wouldn't smear outside of
>>> the face, for instance. Perhaps it's an encoding problem with digital.
>>>
>>> The digital box only has the options of a co-ax hookup or an RCA
>>> hookup. The co-ax, for some reason, manages to look a tad better than
>>> the RCA. If it's an encoding problem, an upgraded connection might not
>>> help but I haven't heard of others having this problem. I admit that I
>>> haven't really researched it either. Maybe I oughta get on it :) I'm
>>> bummed, I thought it would look fantastic off of the digital box.
>>>
>>> kaboomie
>>
>>I have a Panny E50 hooked up to a digital set top box and the result as
>>good as going directly through the TV. I have it going from the digital
>>to
>>AV4 on the panny.
>
> **Hi Camper. I tried composite (red yellow white) into the front (IN2)
> of the Panny and then I tried a regular co-ax into the back. What
> hookup do you use? Component, co-ax, composite, or others?
>
> kaboomie

Composite - Red yellow and white and the picture is great. I also have a
component connection from the digital set top box to my TV and can't tell
the difference in picture quality most time.

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