Doomaniac's Console Tip Of The Day: S-video!

DOOManiac

<div class="IPBDescription">Two shots to compare the difference</div>This is actually from a little over a week, but the forums were down and I just found the pics, so bleh! :P

Just a little public service announcement to spread the joy and wonderment of S-Video. If your TV has an S-Video jack, and you have an X-Box, PS2, or GameCube, you have no excuse whatsoever to not be going to Wal-Mart this very second to pick up an S-Video cable. The jumpin quality is simply amazing. Basically, it doubles your horizontal resolution from 320x240 to 640x240. Remember TV has scanlines so its really like 480, not 240. :P

Here are some comparison pics I took w/ my crappy crappy crappy ATI TV card. If S-Video can make even this hunk of crap look halfway decent, imagine what it can do for an actual TV!

<img src='http://members.cox.net/doomaniac/compositeVSsvideo1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<img src='http://members.cox.net/doomaniac/compositeVSsvideo2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

Vecdran

NICE!

but i dont' have any of those systems <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

Sancho

Hmmm, never thought about actually using the S-video on my dad's 61" TV. Maybe that's why it looked so crappy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I'll have to try that, thanks!

Legionnaired

<!--QuoteBegin--Someone Who Cares+Dec 18 2002, 08:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Someone Who Cares @ Dec 18 2002, 08:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hmmm, never thought about actually using the S-video on my dad's 61" TV. Maybe that's why it looked so crappy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I'll have to try that, thanks!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I mean seriously.....

ShadowFang

you know what, im gonna get MP and the GC on christmas, i won't need s-cables for anything, fine it looks brighter and more detailed.... BUT I'M STILL GONNA BE BLASTIN' THE SAME DAMNED THING... end of disscusion.. thnk u

Thansal

/me laughs at shadow

hmm, Iwill have to test that out with my friends systems (seeing how as I don't own any ;D)

Sancho

I nominate this tip for "Tip of the Month"

Works great! And the price is right ($10)!

voogru

S-Video sucks comapred to RGB(Yes, Red Green Blue...) these type of connections are on high end stuff, usally used on projectors.


But, S-Video is a lot better than those rca cables.


(AFAIK No console has a RGB connection, sucks for console players with nice 6 foot screens and a projector <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->)