I received my shiny new Samsung LE26R74BD TV today, and I really like it. When I have my Sky + box plugged into it, using a bog standard free scart lead the picture is grainy, if I bought a gold plated or high quality scart would the picture be better? I thought I would see a big difference in picture. Can anyone recommend a good one? I am currently writing this using it as my monitor connected via VGA and the picture is amazing, and HD video clips I have played are very good quality!
Is a gold plated scart lead really better?
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Its unlikely that another lead will make any difference. I would expect the image to be a bit off if you are trying to connect an SD interlaced video source to a TFT monitor like that, its not really a suitable display for this purpose. As you have found it looks very good when fed with a more compatible video feed 
Justin said:It's not a TFT monitor, it's a HD LCD TV
An "HD LCD TV" is a TFT monitor with a video processor and a TV tuner bundled into one package. You will not achieve a good quality of image from an interlaced video source.
Or perhaps i should say that you wont, without the aid of an external video processor/de-interlacing/scaling device.
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Justin said:
The freebee scarts bundled with anything can be thrown away in my opinion - dont sully your new purchases with them.
I have always bought IXOS cables ( from £20 - £50 for decent scart cables) and they are worth every penny
Yes LCD / Hdtv's arent going to show a standard dvd player / sky + / vhs player in their best light due to the very nature of the tv , however in my opinion you will actually fair ok as the size of your screen wont show up too much problems (its the larger 40" + screens that really show Sky transmissions etc to be as bad as they are, and vhs tape etc)
There are even scart to componant cables I believe which might be better - as I dont think sky+ has componant out (but not being a subscriber I dont know for sure) but a decent scart cable is a must