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To avoid running a second (component) cable from rack to display and to benefit from the HD621's video switching?

Why bother running Video from a 598 at all? Especially if you add a cheap converter.

Anyone with a HD621 has a BD or HDDVD player which will run circles around the 598 component output.

As much as anything just to be able to navigate around DVD-A menus . I have a fair few discs and at the moment 598 is the only player that can handle them .

I still watch some concert dvds on it too . Nice sound .

~M~

Slightly OT but you may be interested that I have carefully compared the video quality on standard DVDs from the G98 and Panasonic BD35 using their HDMI outputs via the HD621 and on to a calibrated JVC 350 projector. I have tested both with 576p output (letting the projector upscale internally) and 1080p out directly.

In any mode, the �160 Panasonic was superior in quality. The best was the Panny at 1080p. Quite amazing at the price.

The 1080p out from the G98 was subject to a lot of handshake problems and instability. Disappointing, but it is a bit old now. You can't beat it for audio though.

I use the G98 multiple concurrent outputs from the scaler to switch video to my TV (which has no HDMI inputs) using S-Video. I even output component from the BD35 to the G98 and let it convert to S-Video so I can view anything on anything.

Ok, I'll buy that.

Very interesting , Malcolm . I can foresee maybe a region-free Oppo BDP-831 in my future somewhere but not just yet . The rack comes first , then a proper stand for the centre/sub/tv .

Assuming I get everything working of course .


~M~

Changing subject line

Carl ,

Try : http://www.hexateq.com/f80_stand.html

I'm in contact with them at the moment .

They made the stand for the F80 and have previously made custom stands

for the 5500 Centre amongst others . I believe Richard Krol on there is

actually a member here and is extremely helpful . He can send you jpgs

of a number of different designs for centre speakers .


~M~

" I wanted to add one of these Component to HDMI convertors to 598 so I could continue to use it after its rackmounted :

http://www.hdcable.co.uk/component-hdmi-converter.html

Does anybody know what way a 598DC outputs video btw because the Home screen appears briefly on screen then disappears and the tv shows ' mode not supported ' message so no video and no audio without video ??


~M~



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Still hoping to hear from M via dealer but can anyone shed any light on the above problem ? Seems to me it has to be a tv problem . Tried swopping in the SkyHD box and convertor worked straight away . Is there something that M players do differently that could confuse the convertor ??


~M

Your 598 is a DC, not a DP, right? So it only outputs interlaced video.

I wonder if your TV has issues with 480i and 576i over HDMI. Either that, or the converter isn't pixel doubling properly (which is needed to meet the minimum HDMI video bandwidth). Can you try the device with 480p and 576p component outputs from another DVD player (or other device)? And if that works, try 480i and 576i from it?

VK

Yes it is a DC so I can't see any other reason the convertor wont work .

Watching DVD from other players probably only works because they upscale to

1080p but the makers have told me that they have never come across this problem

before and I can't be only one with a Samsung lcd can I ????


I really need to get this sorted or I won't have access to disc menus without

running miles of composite cable from the rack


~M~