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Author Topic: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!  (Read 1538 times)

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Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« on: December 01, 2005, 10:44:54 pm »
Man I was sure this old 27" TV I had lying around had an s-video input.  So sure in fact I didn't bother to check and went to the store today and picked up a video card with s-video out.

Turns out my TV has no s-video input!!

Now what?  Do they make video cards with RCA jacks?  Do they s-video to RCA converters?

If they did would the difference in quality be apparent?  If need be I can just go buy a TV with s-video output.  Is this what I should do or can I salvage the old one?

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2005, 01:12:23 am »
S-Video to RCA adaptors are very, very common and very cheap, check ebay! I had the same problem once, my solution was to hack in the RCA jack myself... but whatever works for you =)

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2005, 09:18:14 am »
Those cables are fairly common, you should be able to get one at your local electronics store or radio shack. Hell, even good PC stores have them.


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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 08:12:34 pm »
there is gonna be a noticable difference..... only special combinations of tv/video card will give a decent picture with composite out....

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2005, 07:27:06 am »
Mine looks better through my rca jack than it did/does with the s-video cable... strange

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2005, 07:36:40 pm »
Mine looks better through my rca jack than it did/does with the s-video cable... strange

If I had to guess, I'd say either the S-Video cable you are using is poorly shielded, or the device you are plugging into the TV has got some bad feedback or interference problems.

S-Video is noticably superior to Composite in every instance I've ever seen.

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2005, 08:18:15 pm »
Mine looks better through my rca jack than it did/does with the s-video cable... strange

or the device you are plugging into the TV has got some bad feedback or interference problems.
Actually its happened on all the cards I've used... and I doubt theres any problem with the cable, since its hacked up halfway through and spliced into the rca jack and the s-video.. they both use the same cabling, only the rca is using 2 instead of 4

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Re: Shoot!! My TV only has rca jacks!!
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2005, 10:35:02 pm »
Well if it ain't one end, it's the other. :)