Video Inputs

kruz wrote on 11/24/2003, 10:26 AM

Learning newbie here, whats the S-VIDEO plugin i see around: on my camera, tv and such? And what is the difference between SVHS and VHS?

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Former user wrote on 11/24/2003, 10:31 AM

S- Video breaks the signal out different from a Composite so you get better quality. SVHS is not related to S-Video. (corrected).

An SVHS machine might have an S-Video connection, but they are different terms.

GaryKleiner wrote on 11/24/2003, 11:19 AM

S-Video, aka Y/C, allows for your video signal to be carried as sperate Luminenece(brightness) and Chrominance (color)information which makes for a better picture. RCA cables mix those two together, hence it is a composite of that signal information.

SVHS is a higher resolution varient of VHS. VHS is about 240 lines of Horizontal resoultion, SVHS is 400 (DV is 500). It is recorded at the same speed as VHS.

SVHS decks can record and play back regular VHS tapes, but not the other way around (there are some quasi-exceptions).

If you have a device that has S-VIDEO out and a monitor with S-VIDEO in, then you should choose that over composite, or co-axial inputs.

Gary