My VGA card is an ASUS 8460 Ultra which has a. s-video out for connection to the TV. I am mostly interested in using it for viewing DVD movies in my big TV Set. I have some questions to ask since I am a bit confused with cables issues:
1)I have realised that the best quality connection is connection s-video to s-video to the TV set (if it has such input). Is it true?
2) Most televisions I have seen do not have s-video input but only scart (in europe where I live). Is it possible this scart to actully be s-video input with the appropriate adaptor? I mean I have bought an s-video cable which ends by itself in a scart connector. Is my TV set now receiving s-video signal or the scart "kills" the quality?
3) What is the maximum allowed length of an s-video cable so as not to lose quality
4)I have seen s-video ports with 7 or 4 pins. Is there a difference?
5) In the site of the software TV Toll (http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm) the author says that the s-video connection has the disadvantage of having to use two cables, one for Luminance and one for Chrominance. I can't understand this, where does the second cable connects since the VGA has only one port?
(Here is what he says:Especially TVs of the higher price segment offer also a S-VHS input. The 'S' means super and shall clarify that this standard offers a better quality than normal VHS. The S-VHS standard transmits video signals on two lines. On one line you find a b/w picture and on the other line there is the belonging color information. By splitting the picture into these parts the interference effects can be avoided. Also most device which can handle S-VHS use the full resolution of the PAL or the NTSC standards. Therefore you get a sharper picture than with VHS. The disadvantage is that you need two lines instead of one. Also you need special connectors when making a cable since the normal cinch cables can´t be used.If you want to make a S-VHS cable you have to use two lines of course, one for the luminance and one for the chrominance. So if your cable must be 15 m long you have to buy 30 m, what can make the connection expensive)
6) If my TV set is long away from the TV set how can I connect it without losing quality, is there such a thing as repeater like the way we use firewire cables for long connections networking.
I would really appreciate if you could please someone clarify these issues to me. Thanks in advance
1)I have realised that the best quality connection is connection s-video to s-video to the TV set (if it has such input). Is it true?
2) Most televisions I have seen do not have s-video input but only scart (in europe where I live). Is it possible this scart to actully be s-video input with the appropriate adaptor? I mean I have bought an s-video cable which ends by itself in a scart connector. Is my TV set now receiving s-video signal or the scart "kills" the quality?
3) What is the maximum allowed length of an s-video cable so as not to lose quality
4)I have seen s-video ports with 7 or 4 pins. Is there a difference?
5) In the site of the software TV Toll (http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm) the author says that the s-video connection has the disadvantage of having to use two cables, one for Luminance and one for Chrominance. I can't understand this, where does the second cable connects since the VGA has only one port?
(Here is what he says:Especially TVs of the higher price segment offer also a S-VHS input. The 'S' means super and shall clarify that this standard offers a better quality than normal VHS. The S-VHS standard transmits video signals on two lines. On one line you find a b/w picture and on the other line there is the belonging color information. By splitting the picture into these parts the interference effects can be avoided. Also most device which can handle S-VHS use the full resolution of the PAL or the NTSC standards. Therefore you get a sharper picture than with VHS. The disadvantage is that you need two lines instead of one. Also you need special connectors when making a cable since the normal cinch cables can´t be used.If you want to make a S-VHS cable you have to use two lines of course, one for the luminance and one for the chrominance. So if your cable must be 15 m long you have to buy 30 m, what can make the connection expensive)
6) If my TV set is long away from the TV set how can I connect it without losing quality, is there such a thing as repeater like the way we use firewire cables for long connections networking.
I would really appreciate if you could please someone clarify these issues to me. Thanks in advance