I was thinking of buying a HD tv but am unsure of the connections I would need.

 

Obviously for the HD i would have to upgrade to sky HD but what connections would I need from the sky box to the TV.

 

The problem is that currently all my TV's are connected via a spliter to the sky box via normal coax cable. Would this still be OK for the HD connections?

or would I be better off running a scart lead to the HD TV.

 

Darrell

The HDMI connector I believe.

HDMI, component (ie RGB) or VGA are the only ways to carry a true HD signal. Would depend what other connections you need to have. Would like to upgrade to sky HD too but did you know you have to pay £300 for the box? bit steep if you ask me.

HDMI lead straight from the box into the HD tele. I have got an HDMI up-scaller Sony home entertainment centre as well and I plug my DVD and Digi box into it and it plugs into the HD tele. But if you are going Sky HD then you might want to consider Virgin. We dont have sky one but its HD and it has an 80Hr hard drive for recording and also has TV on Demand and its free connection (unless they have changed it lately) HD TV isnt full on yet and you only get a few channels that braodcast in HD so you might do well to wait? Meanwhile see if you can get an HDMI up-scaller as this is almost as good as HD and everything you put through it is very good. I hardly notice any difference in HD braodcasts and Up-scalled programs and DVD. My DVD is HDMI ready too but you still have to use HD DVD discs to get the full benefit.

 

HTH

 

Vini