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Hi Group.

I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get a better picture
if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now, that I have everything unpacked, where does the S-Video go?

"Cheryl" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Group.
>
> I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get a
better picture
> if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now, that I have everything
unpacked, where does the S-Video go?

It goes from the s-video output on the back of your player to the s-video
input on the back of your TV.

If your TV has no such input, the cble goes around the throat of the
salesman.

RichC

"Cheryl" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Group.
>
> I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get a
better picture
> if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now, that I have everything
unpacked, where does the S-Video go?

What the salesman should have mentioned is that to use teh S-Video cable,
you need to have an S-Video input on your TV. So, if you have an S-Video
input on the back of your TV, thats where it goes. The other end of the
cable goes to the output on the DVD/VCR combo (not sure if these have an
input, thats why I put in that part).

If your TV has a component input, which is 3 cables with 3 colors, Red,
Green, and Blue, (I believe they may be labeled "Y" "Cr" and "Cb"), this
will give you better picture, but only if the DVD/VCR has that output as
well.

Also, if you have a 5.1 or 6.1 surround sound system, your receiver would
have video inputs as well, so you could attach the S-Video output from the
DVD to the DVD S-Video input on the receiver, so long as you have a cable
that goes from the TV out on your receiver, to the TV. This is also a good
way to attach multiple devices, so you can have, for example, a DVD/VCR on
'DVD', a PS2 on 'VCR1' and a camcorder on a front input, mine is called
'VCR2,' this way you can have >1 device attached to 1 input on the TV,
useful if you only have the 1 input for the TV.

"Cheryl" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Group.
>
> I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get a
better picture
> if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now, that I have everything
unpacked, where does the S-Video go?
>

S-Video out from the DVD player to the S-Video in on your TV.

Mark

Rich Clark wrote on [Thu, 1 Jan 2004 18:54:17 -0500]:
> "Cheryl" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi Group.
>>
>> I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get a
> better picture
>> if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now, that I have everything
> unpacked, where does the S-Video go?
>
> It goes from the s-video output on the back of your player to the s-video
> input on the back of your TV.
>
> If your TV has no such input, the cble goes around the throat of the
> salesman.

How did the salesman know whether or not the TV had the correct inputs?

"Justin" <> wrote in message
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> > It goes from the s-video output on the back of your player to the
s-video
> > input on the back of your TV.
> >
> > If your TV has no such input, the cble goes around the throat of the
> > salesman.
>
> How did the salesman know whether or not the TV had the correct
inputs?

He should have asked before selling the cable.

Joshua Zyber wrote on [Fri, 02 Jan 2004 02:04:10 GMT]:
> "Justin" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> > It goes from the s-video output on the back of your player to the
> s-video
>> > input on the back of your TV.
>> >
>> > If your TV has no such input, the cble goes around the throat of the
>> > salesman.
>>
>> How did the salesman know whether or not the TV had the correct
> inputs?
>
> He should have asked before selling the cable.

How do you know he didn't?

"Justin" <> wrote in message
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> >> How did the salesman know whether or not the TV had the correct
> > inputs?
> >
> > He should have asked before selling the cable.
>
> How do you know he didn't?

If he did ask, then it's the original poster's own damn fault for saying
"yes" when he didn't actually know for sure.

"Rich Clark" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Group.
>
> I just bought a new DVD/VCR combo and the salesman told me I would get
> a better picture if I purchased an S-Video Cable and used it. Now,
> that I have everything unpacked, where does the S-Video go?

<<It goes from the s-video output on the back of your player to the
> s-video input on the back of your TV.>>

<<If your TV has no such input, the cable goes around the throat of the
salesman.>>


There is also a chance that the player has no S-video output. I don't
know if this is an industry trend, but the Panasonic DVDS25S has no
S-video output. This is the first DVD player that I have ever seen
without an S-video output.

Component Video Out (Y, PB, PR) Yes
Video Out Yes
S-Video Out No

http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp...Model=DVD-S25S

Panasonic DVD-S25 DVD Player with Progressive Scan, MP3 and Some
Surprises

Cons
Coaxial out instead of optical, no S-Video out, no DVD-RAM playback

Another surprise was the lack of an S-Video out.

http://www.epinions.com/content_122058215044

"Scot Gardner" <> wrote in message
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<<There is also a chance that the player has no S-video output. I don't
know if this is an industry trend, but the Panasonic DVDS25S has no
S-video output. This is the first DVD player that I have ever seen
without an S-video output.>>

Huh. I guess they figure that the point of a cheap progressive scan player
is that it has component outs. With a list price of $80 the corner-cutting
isn't that big a surprise.

<<Cons
Coaxial out instead of optical, no S-Video out, no DVD-RAM playback>>

I don't consider that a drawback if you can have only one DA output.

RichC