Nik,

Why?

If you feed an S-Video to then convert to RGB then, obviously, the output signal in RGB is only going to be (at best) as good as the input, i.e. your original S-Video, so why bother? So yes, I would stick with S-Video through the whole setup for convenience unless you want to start to feed individual sources directly to the display and cut out any noise introduced by the amp, personally though that’s *way* too much hassle IMO.

TBH, IMO, RGB is better than S-Video but not hellish much and under normal viewing conditions >from although you would see some.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 April 2002 12:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] svideo->svideo vs. svideo->RGB

James,

Why would I need RGB to S-video converter. AV amp's output is already S-video and that should connect to SCART.

My question was whether to convert S-video into RGB (if it's possible) and use SCART AV1 or to keep signal as S-video and connect it to SCART AV2.

I understood that RGB signal is better quality, but I don't know if any quality can be gained by converting S-video into RGB, because you cannot get better quality then the source signal itself.

Is that right, and I should just keep it S-video -> S-video.

Nik

-----Original Message-----
From: James Hoye [mailto:james.hoye@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 April 2002 11:59
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] svideo->svideo vs. svideo->RGB

At the moment, I have DVD, video etc. connected to TV's scarts directly. Sound is connected to apm. Now it makes a big confusion, because you need to use a few remotes to chose appropriate, sound and video source...

So, I decided to connect all those devices into AV amplifier and do the switching there, so I'll need only one remote.

I have 3 SCART connectors on the back of the TV (Sony 32"), but only one capable of receiving RGB.

On the amplifier side, I have only S-video out on S-video connector.

My question is: should I connect S-video on amp to S-video on SCART on TV, or I should find some convertor that will convert S-video to RGB and use RGB pins on SCART.

Will I see any difference in quality?

See www.rgbtosvideo.com for details of a convertor from RGB to S-Video (Y/C). Since most AV amps switch in the S-Video and/or composite video domain (not RGB), this would be the best thing.

A scart socket can carry RGB, composite and S-Video - though not all at once. Obviously your AV scart on the back of your TV will have to support S-Video (AV1 usually is RGB [plus composite] and AV2 and above will usually be S-Video capable depending on your model)

Confusing? Thank the designers of the stupid scart socket - great idea in principle, poorly executed. (Cue Phil)

James H

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