s-video vs scart

[Eric Mosley]

I see the sony DVAS300 only has an S-Video connector for picture. Is S-video
to the TV better than a good quality Scart connection?

Eric

[jos...@my-deja.com]

You're not comparing like with like there.

S-Video is a signalling system, and SCART is a connector.

If your the equipment connected via the SCART cable supports RGB via
SCART, then that is generally considered to be better. If it only
supports composite, then it's not up to much - s-video's better.

S-Video works with colour (chrominance) and brightness (luminance)
information. RGB, like it sounds, sends out separate Red, Green and
Blue colour information. So you're likely to get better quality from
RGB but some would question how noticeable it would be on certain
equipment.

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[wal...@my-deja.com]

Just to add that a completely wired SCART connector includes all three
types of connection : component RGB, S-Video, and composite.

About quality, I tried my Panasonic A360 DVD player with RGB and then
with S-Video and I couldn't really tell the difference on movies. The
TV set you use also plays some part in noticing the difference (quality
of the video inputs, efective filters, etc.).

To me S-Video is just great and highly enjoyable.

Have fun

Waldok

[Mark A]

wal...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Just to add that a completely wired SCART connector includes all three
> types of connection : component RGB, S-Video, and composite.

I think you'll find that a fully-wired Scart lead simply has all pins
connected correctly. It's up to what it's connected to each end as to
what gets used, as there is some overlap between RGB and S-Video pin
usage. Hence scart connections on TVs are labled as either RGB or S-Vid
input (or can be switched between them). Both RGB and S-Vid can carry
composite independently, which is what might default to if the TV is not
sure which to use.

Regards

Mark