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tippy

Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 7:50 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 210 Location: tachnoleston, norfolk

ive had my toppy for over 10 years now and i still use it full time.
i need a new tv and would rather have a high ish end tv, not the newest tech but probably mid 2017, finding whats suitable for me is becoming a headache but then i have to find a pvr.
i really cant see myself watching tv without a pvr but i am reading that my toppy will produce a not very good picture on the newer tvs, mines a panny plasma also 10 plus years old, my toppy picture has always been better than the tvs tuner.
what would you guys suggest my best move is, humax?????
any suggestions would be very helpful. tia.

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jimi

Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 8:34 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 173

Until you find a suitable PVR I'd suggest trying the Toppy on your new TV.
I find the Toppy picture is quite watchableon a modern LED TV, it's just not HD. You'll probably find the situation is reversed, the TV tuner will be better than the Toppy

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tippy

Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 9:50 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 210 Location: tachnoleston, norfolk

thanks jimi.
how easy is it to connect the toppy to an hdmi socket.
tia.

YorkshireJumbo

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 8:43 am

Frequent contributor Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 768

Why not buy a TV with a SCART socket? That's what we did last year

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tippy

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 10:57 am

Frequent contributor Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 210 Location: tachnoleston, norfolk

none of the ones ive looked at have scart, all hdmi and usb ports.

Geoff Bacon

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 1:09 pm

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I believe that some TV's come with a connector to convert SCART to hdmi.

a TF5810 uses HDMI - perhaps you can get one "cheap" and move your current disk into it.

Geoff

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jimi

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:38 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 173

You can buy scart - > hdmi convertors, don't buy a cheap cable type one.. they don't work. This one is a bit pricy but does work, can handle both composite & rgb video a lot of the cheaper ones can't handle rgb video.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ABOB1NU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=scarttohdmiso-21&linkId=0fdfb327017aba813088adad6dc0ba88

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tippy

Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 9:45 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 210 Location: tachnoleston, norfolk

thanks jimi, thanks geoff.
ive got an idea of what to look for now, wasnt sure anything existed.

jimi

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:29 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 173

wrong thread Embarassed

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DaveHill

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:43 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 15 Dec 2005 Posts: 85 Location: Bedford

jimi wrote:

Just bought one of those - awful!

Interlace artefacts everywhere and horrendous motion - just watch the scrolling ticker on BBC news!

Using a Panasonic plasma direct or via Sony cinema receiver.

Resolution is good though!

Dave

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jimi

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:13 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 173

score that one of the list then Sad

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