LaserDisc and S-Vhs ????? (1 Viewer)

[DanielM]

I have read that usually with the older and lesser LD players a better picture is to be had by using the composite rather than the s-vid connection due to the comb filter...OK now if one has an S-Vhs new or old why would not the same logic apply???

 

[Michael Reuben]

On LD, the signal is stored in composite format. Unless the player has a better comb filter than the TV (unlikely if the TV is a relatively recent model), the composite output is preferable.

On SVHS, however, the signal is stored with the chroma and luminescence separate. If your use a composite connection, you force the VCR to combine them and the TV to separate them -- wholly unnecessary and degrades the signal.

M.