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12-08-2004, 04:21 PM
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DVD hookup - Compnent AND s-video????
So, I get this call from a friend who was asking me questions about hooking up his new SONY HD tv, SONY 5.1 sound system, and HD/Digital cable.
I answered all of his questions, but he threw me for a loop when he told me that the SONY salesperson said to hook up the component AND the s-video conections into the TV. He said that she said this would improve the picture????
Is this true? It can't be! I know it sounds like she was either giving him misinformation or that he maybe misinterpreted her and explained it to me wrong, but I still thought I'd double check here in case there was some validity that I may possibly be missing.
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12-08-2004, 04:52 PM
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Not true, Mark.
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12-08-2004, 05:01 PM
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Sure it will improve the picture, as long as you are using the component video connection  The TV can only display from one type of connection for a given input, so how would having two of them connected make any difference?
Either the salesperson was mistaken or your friend misunderstood what was said.
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12-08-2004, 05:28 PM
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I knew I wasn't crazy in not knowing what this woman was talking about.
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Either the salesperson was mistaken or your friend misunderstood what was said.
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or trying to get an extra comission from the purchase of an s-video cable
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12-08-2004, 06:30 PM
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My Scientific Atlanta STB is connected to both component and S-Video on my RCA HDRPTV. However, the S-video cable is connected to my second S-Video port. The S-video connection is used to view regular STD channels and the component is used to view the HD channels. This is the only time I would use both the component and S-Video connections from one source.
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12-08-2004, 06:42 PM
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I was going to meniton that PIP could be a situation where two connections might be useful, but that would still mean you'd be getting the same signal in both cases, if the player even sent the signal via both types at the same time (some do not).
I hate to say it, but I've recently seen the same thing when working on a system. The person was told to get a cable that connected to each output from his HD CATV box, which resulted in a lot of additional, unnecessary cost. The end result was, he was able to return one rather expensive cable that was doing nothing for him.
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12-08-2004, 09:07 PM
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I think that was a typo, even if was spoken. (A word-o?) 
Anyway, I think the word we're looking for here is composite, not component. Then it would all make sense.
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12-08-2004, 09:41 PM
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the SONY salesperson said to hook up the component AND the s-video conections into the TV. He said that she said this would improve the picture
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That is just flat out embarrassing.
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12-08-2004, 10:29 PM
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I think the word we're looking for here is composite, not component. Then it would all make sense.
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Sorry for the typo in the title, but it was definitely Component. My friend was definitely talking about s-video and component. He never said component, per say, but he did say "the red, blue and green cable".
and how would the s-video connection make the composite source look better?
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12-09-2004, 01:12 AM
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The S-video is better than the yellow composite.
I didn't mean that you had made a typo. Quite the contrary; your friend or the source probably had a slip of their tongue.
However, I have heard people swear that composite is better than component, but it is just that they got their words crossed. It is really a shame that composite and component are so similar.
Glenn
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