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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: mariox2098 on August 05, 2006, 08:54:41 am
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Ive got an ATI video card with tv-out. When i tried it with composite it was pretty blurry so i was gonna try s-video. Sadly, none of the tv's i was going to use have s-video. So has anyone heard of an s-video to coaxial converter or cable, so i can get a more decent picture quality without buying a new tv?
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No, because when you convert it to coax it will be even worse then the RCA output.
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Not necessarily true and worth a shot if you have no other option
Plus it ain't that expensive:
http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852 (http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852)
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Not necessarily true and worth a shot if you have no other option
Plus it ain't that expensive:
http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852 (http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852)
You linked to an "S-Video to Composite Cable". The thing is, he already tried composite (apparently direct from the composite output of an ATI video card) and deemed it to be "pretty blurry".
Now he is looking for an "s-video to coaxial converter or cable" and it is to be assumed that when he says "coaxial" (which is technically merely a cable type rather than a connection type) that he is talking about RF, which is why richms replied the way he did.
Now, to answer the question, what mariox2098 wants is an RF modulator. These can be purchased separately or most VCR's have one built in. Typically a VCR or standalone RF modulator accepts composite as an input, and not S-video, but it makes no difference because it is going to be brought down to RF quality level regardless of what you started with.
Richms' post is necessarily true however, as RF is scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of connection quality. Mariox2098 is better off using composite or buying a new TV that has an S-video input.
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thx for the help, il probably just look for a tv with s-video
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Not necessarily true and worth a shot if you have no other option
Plus it ain't that expensive:
http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852 (http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog_name=MCMProducts&product_id=24-8852&banner=24-8852)
You linked to an "S-Video to Composite Cable". The thing is, he already tried composite (apparently direct from the composite output of an ATI video card) and deemed it to be "pretty blurry".
Now he is looking for an "s-video to coaxial converter or cable" and it is to be assumed that when he says "coaxial" (which is technically merely a cable type rather than a connection type) that he is talking about RF, which is why richms replied the way he did.
Now, to answer the question, what mariox2098 wants is an RF modulator. These can be purchased separately or most VCR's have one built in. Typically a VCR or standalone RF modulator accepts composite as an input, and not S-video, but it makes no difference because it is going to be brought down to RF quality level regardless of what you started with.
Richms' post is necessarily true however, as RF is scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of connection quality. Mariox2098 is better off using composite or buying a new TV that has an S-video input.
Dude aske for a "s-video to coaxial converter". I assumed he meant S-Vid to Composite, since converting into RF would be even worse.
I actually had a similar problem with an ATI card a while back where composite would only show in B&W (Seems the damn card didn't wanna go into PAL mode) but an S-Video to Composite cable did fix the problem for me and it looked pretty good even on a projector.
And the cable I mentioned is still cheaper than an RF converter which also requires a power supply in most cases.
But if he's getting a telly with s-vid, that do the trick nicely.
Ok, carry on. :cheers:
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Dude aske for a "s-video to coaxial converter". I assumed he meant S-Vid to Composite, since converting into RF would be even worse.
I assumed he meant RF because he'd already tried composite and said it was blurry. Plus, it is common to refer to RF as "coaxial" while I've never heard anyone refer to composite as such even though composite cables are technically constructed with coaxial cable, same as RF cables are. That may be a regional thing though, but around here people usually refer to composite as "RCA".
And you are right that RF would be worse.
Since his problem with the composite-out on his ATI card was that of blurriness, an S-video --> composite cable would give him the same thing. The problem that you had with your ATI card was a color encoding issue. Evidently the composite-out on your card only offered one color encoding scheme (most likely NTSC) while the S-video out offered multiple color encoding schemes, including the PAL that you needed. If your problem with composite had been blurriness, it would not have been fixed by using an S-video --> composite cable.
Regardless of all that, getting a new TV with an S-video input is definitely his best bet.
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I probably should have elaborated on my problem.
It wasn't just the fact it couldn't switch between different colour systems. The image (even though it lacked colour) was absolutely horrific.
I've had an NTSC sognal displayed on my 1084s in the past (Stupid monitor can't handle NTSC properly) and even without the colour, the video was damn sharp.
ATI suxorrz anyway (except for the AVGA. Can't wait to see the new one :) )