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RogueWing
Evolution Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:03:00 -
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I just bought a 32" LCD TV. I had it hooked up to my Satellite using the Composite Cables. I always heard that a S-Video hookup would provide better quality pictures, so I bought a S-Video cable and hooked it up instead.
The picture quality was MUCH worse. It seemed that the colors were much "chunkier" and not as smooth as on the Composite cables.
Any idea why this would be the case?
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Vistilantus
Caldari Salvaging and Exploration Co.
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Posted - 2007.06.17 21:48:00 -
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Originally by: RogueWing I just bought a 32" LCD TV. I had it hooked up to my Satellite using the Composite Cables. I always heard that a S-Video hookup would provide better quality pictures, so I bought a S-Video cable and hooked it up instead.
The picture quality was MUCH worse. It seemed that the colors were much "chunkier" and not as smooth as on the Composite cables.
Any idea why this would be the case?
From wikipedia :
Due to the separation of the video into brightness and colour components, S-Video is sometimes considered a type of component video signal, although it is also the most inferior of them, quality-wise, being far surpassed by the more complex component video schemes (like RGB). What differentiates S-Video from these higher component video schemes is that S-Video carries the colour information as one signal. This means that the colours have to be encoded in some way, and as such NTSC, PAL and SECAM signals are all decidedly different through S-Video. Thus, for full compatibility the used devices not only have to be S-Video compatible but also compatible in terms of colour encoding.
also : The mini-DIN pins, being weak, sometimes bend. This can result in the loss of color, or other corruption (or loss) in the signal. A bent pin can be forced back into shape, but this carries the risk of further damage, or even the pin breaking off.
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hope this helps?
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RogueWing
Evolution Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 22:46:00 -
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I just found a bent pin. Unbent it and it seems to have fixed the problem.
Thanks.
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Andicuri Vas
Gallente MetaForge Ekliptika
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:31:00 -
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Just out of curiosity:
Why aren't you using component (Digital) cables and out / inputs?
Seems like a waste of an LCD to use analog signals.
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RogueWing
Evolution Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.17 23:45:00 -
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My satellite box doesn't have Component "out"s.
And I'll be getting a HD Satellite box in a few weeks so the Composite cables are just temporary until I get the HD box in.
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Vari
Carbide Industries
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Posted - 2007.06.18 01:01:00 -
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Originally by: Andicuri Vas Why aren't you using component (Digital) cables
Just to stop the stream of disinformation here, component cables are NOT digital. They are analog in every way S-Video is analog. Thank you.
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