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Re: Best choice of video connector
Component (the red, green, blue one) is the best of the three, then s-video, then composite (the yellow one). I think you need to hook up the dvd/vhs player with one connection for the dvd side and another connection for the vhs side. I don't think you can use one connection for both.
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Re: Best choice of video connector
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Re: Best choice of video connector
Of the connections you listed, the component connections (Y/Cb/Cr) will be the best for video. They are the only connection of the three, that can give you HD. If using that connection from the dvd player, set the player to "Progressive Scan". If there's no switch on the front or back, it will be somewhere in the player's setup menus. While in the player's setup menus, set the audio output to "Bitstream", not PCM, to get surround sound from your movies.
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Re: Best choice of video connector
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Re: Best choice of video connector
None of your devices has HDMI connectors?
Anyway, the best of the listed video connections is the three color (or "colour"
) component connection. It is also the only one of the three that can handle an HD signal. The others are limited to standard def (NTSC or PAL, depending on where you are) resolutions. The s-video connection will give a better picture than the composite cable, but it is still inferior to component.
HDMI digital video is as good or even better than analog component, depending on the exact equipment involved.
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Re: Best choice of video connector
I know absolutely nothing about scart. We don't have that here in the US, so I can't offer anything else to help. First tv I've heard of with no component connections on it.
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