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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: killr0y on July 20, 2003, 03:48:30 am

Title: Adding an SVIDEO Input to a Composite TV
Post by: killr0y on July 20, 2003, 03:48:30 am

Is there any way of adding a true S-VIDEO input to a composite-only TV by soldering some kind of interface to it?  I know there are composite-to-svideo adapters but they don't look any better than composite so it doesn't help me.

Thanks

Title: Re:Adding an SVIDEO Input to a Composite TV
Post by: giantgonzolez on July 20, 2003, 10:44:28 am

If you're going to do something that hard, why not just go all the way and go for RGB instead of S-video?

Title: Re:Adding an SVIDEO Input to a Composite TV
Post by: AlanS17 on July 20, 2003, 11:09:16 am

It's the nature of the technology. Composite is going to look crappy because there is no seperation of colors. That's what makes s-video nice. As soon as you conbine them (by any means) they are gonna look crappy. Might as well get the adapter.

Title: Re:Adding an SVIDEO Input to a Composite TV
Post by: killr0y on July 26, 2003, 07:23:53 am

Thanks for the input guys but I know how composite, component, s-video, etc. works.. I was just wondering if anyone knew whether it was possible (& cost effective) to add s-video capability using off-the-shelf parts from radio shack or whatever.  I have a 25" TV but it only has a composite input.  Its not a question of hooking an S-Video cable up to it, My video card has composite & S-Video outputs.. If need be, I'll do with composite, but if somehow I could "hack" my TV and add true S-Video to it, that would be wonderful!

Title: Re:Adding an SVIDEO Input to a Composite TV
Post by: kspiff on July 26, 2003, 08:05:03 am

Hm.. I really don't think that is even possible.