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Old 03-08-2009, 18:10   #2915
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl View Post
nook, i'm pretty sure that the old virgin box doesnt have a hdmi or dvi port so you'd be using scart which is rubbish quality, that is why the picture quality is better, lots of people assume its upscaling where in reality its because its digital instead of horrible scart analog which is even worse that VGA analog. But yeah it will be less blurred with a digital connection. Don't believe the guys saying it will look near-hd like because it just doesn't!
He was asking whether there was a difference in SD quality between the V+ and standard STB, which I answered, centering around his comment about upscaling. Just because it goes through a HDMI cable does not make it HD, BBC 1 is still SD, but upscaled. You're right though, SCART doesn't upscale.
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