Re: What's the Problem with set-top boxes?

From: Gregory (Gregory_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 04:41:03 -0800

Now this is where I get confused. A set-top box has a scart output. Scart
adapters output to composite video or s-video. Some set-top boxes (mine
included) don't output s-video. Where does RGB (component) come into the
picture? I don't know about the US, but UK boxes (at least not the ones I've
seen) don't have component outputs.

"Nigel Barker" wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:29:02 -0800, "Gregory" <Gregory@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >If you have a composite video input on your tuner card, get a new wire and
> >ditch s-video completely. I am very happy with the picture quality from
> >composite video and have been told there is not much difference between
> >s-video and composite video anyway.
>
> S-video definitely has better picture quality than composite. One option is to
> purchase an RGB->S-video converter.
>
> --
> Nigel Barker
> Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
>

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