Re: Re: Homevision Text over external video

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Is the Sky box outputting 16:9?

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: eamonnogorman <eamonnogorman@xxxxxxx;
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx;
Sent: 10 February 2004 21:31
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Homevision Text over external video


> Okay, I tried another video source for my external video, and get
> the same thing, so its unlikely to be as you say David.
>
> I just used my VCR Video output directly into HV, and directly back
> out again and straight into my telly. Same thing.
>
> Am I doing something really stupid here ?
>
> I go into HV CONTROL MENU, SELECT VIDEO, and then just select
> "iNITILISE FOR EXTERNAL VIDEO OVERLAY" followed by
> "DISPLAY VIDEO SCREEN NUMBER 84"
>
> Thats right is#nt it ?
>
> Eamon
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxx;
wrote:
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "eamonnogorman"
> <eamonnogorman@xxxxxxx;:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > If everything is working Ok, then that suggests that the Skybox
> > composite video output is a tad "odd" and HV cant lock
onto it.
> >
> > This is not unprecedented in my experience; I had an unsolved
> > problem using a JoyTV tuner box driving an LCD monitor.  It
worked
> > on all sources except DVD.  With DVD the picture never locked.
> The
> > same RF was displayed perfectly on the other "normal"
tellys.
> >
> > So, have you an alternative CV source you can try?  Obviously
they
> > were more tolerant of whatever was "odd" about the DVD
CV.  I
> > speculated that it might be macrovision, but in the end took out
> the
> > JoyTV / LCD monitor, and bought a cheapo telly :-)
> >
> > And a wall mount...  Which I put far too high...  WAF for the
> > kitchen telly was never good...
>
>
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