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09-20-2007, 10:25 AM
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Jeremy
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S-Video Vs Composite?
In your opinion, which is better. S-Video or Composite for DvD and other such equipment.
Explain why.
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09-20-2007, 11:05 AM
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
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Originally Posted by AquaSerge
In your opinion, which is better. S-Video or Composite for DvD and other such equipment.
Explain why.
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Neither. Component and DVI/HDMI are best.
Composite suffers from all manner of annoying artifacts, such as "dot crawl". S-Video eliminates a great many of them, but the resulting picture is still compromised.
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09-20-2007, 12:33 PM
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Jeremy
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
I know that. The reason I ask is because at the moment all I have are S-Video and basic Yellow/Red/White composite cables, and I have to deal with what I have.
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09-20-2007, 12:46 PM
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Thomas
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
Go with S-Video, because of the reasons that Jeremy stated.
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09-20-2007, 12:46 PM
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
if yoo have 3 75-ohm cables, you can connect the component jacks together.
component is better than s-video,which is better than composite.
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09-20-2007, 03:56 PM
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
You can probably get away with using the red-white-yellow cable until you can get a component cable since many analog audio cables use 75 ohm contstruction; I've done it in a pinch and it works. Either that or head over to monoprice and pick up some inexpensive ones.
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09-20-2007, 04:04 PM
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
composite isn't good for anything. Never use composite if you don't absolutely have to. Between S-Video and composite, always use S-Video.
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09-20-2007, 04:08 PM
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Jeremy
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
I dont have anything that uses component cables, except maybe my ps3. However i just have a standard television that has composite ports (and an s-video port i believe) in the back as well. I have a very limited budget, so just running out and buying something is out of the question.
I'm actually in a bit of a predicament. I love HT setups and just about every A/V thing there is, however Im poor and can only do so much with reading. This is A/V, you gotta see and hear it to completely understand first.
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09-20-2007, 05:25 PM
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Re: S-Video Vs Composite?
You guys aren't paying very close attention. The two options are S-Video and COMPOSITE, and the question was between those two. Telling the benefits of an unavailable option is not very helpful. The yellow/red/white Jeremy is talking about is the composite video (yellow) and left/right analog audio.
S-Video is definitely the way to go.
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09-20-2007, 06:28 PM
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