4 Input S-Video Selector $19.99 @ Radio Shack B&M.

[A]

Unadvertised sale at Radio Shack Normally 39.99, but it is on sale for $19.99. Has both S-video and RCA inputs. Will not convert video signals. Only s-vid to s-vid and rca to rca. Exactly the same layout as the sony, just slightly larger.

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[Maverick319]

Good deal on this item. If you walked into Best Buy wanting one expect to pay 40-50 bucks. Nice find A.

 

[cb4800]

A,

You read my mind. I have been looking for an AV selector all day today. I am looking for one that can convert rca to s-video. Do they sell these for under $100?

I was looking at this selector,but it doesn't do the conversion either. Circuitcity.com has it for $59.

 

[noxxic]

cb4800, Crutchfield sells a $79 Sony SB-V55A that does exactly what you want. Check others stores though...

 

[Tifababy]

I was about to buy one of these at best buy for $39, I'll definitely be stopping by my local radio shack tomorrow to see how these look. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[emanon]

Good deal - hopefully it'll still be on sale tomorrow. Thanks!

 

[Flying_Manatee]

When I go there, it says $39.99 now.

 

[whazzzzzup]

i've never used one of these b4..i want to know if it loses quality or not?..in sound and video...

 

[Maverick319]

I have one and there is no perceptable change in signal/video. I have my DVD and Digital Cable hooked up to one to take advantage of the S-Video on both.

 

[tboo]

I just bought one 2 weeks ago-works great. It even has a headphone jack

 

[A]

The price was not marked down on the display (or on the web site), but when I took it up to be rung up it rang up at 19.99. I can scan the recipt and e-mail it if anyone needs it. It is clearly marked as 1501966, so it wasn't rung-up incorrectly.

I cannot tell any difference in quality running through the selector.

This is actually my second switch. I paid $50 for a sony one from best buy. I use one for the video input on my 53in tv to switch between DVD and Sat. I am using this second one to go to a modulator that modulates the signal onto a cable channel to be distributed to the rest of the house. That way I can watch DVD or SAT from anywhere in the house. Not that I really need it. I usually only watch tv on my bigscreen, but just the fact that I could if I wanted to.

 

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here,

Wouldn't a good VCR have connections in for S-Video and RCA and then connectors out for S-Video and RCA? Couldn't you do the converstion through such a VCR? Might be a better deal than getting a video converter whatever thingy for $100.

 

[tigerbait]

sweet.. need one of these to juggle DSS and DVD.

 

[Katana]

Walmart has an RCA 6 input svideo selector for $39 and it can be programmed to work with a remote. It doesn't do composite to svideo though. Does anyone know if the quality of the composite to svideo conversion is as good as if it were directly svideo?

Link to RCA svideo selector

 

[noxxic]

I doubt that. It's more for convenience. At best you'll get composite quality.

Maetryx - I think you'll run into a macrovision/copy potection problem w/ some VCRs if you do that.

 

[Perplexer]

Radio Shack has a small plug converter which takes RCA to S-Video and vice-versa. There has to be some circuitry in there to do the conversion, but by the adapter size, it sure doesn't look like it.

I picked one up from RS about a year ago; it works great for my non-SVHS VCR.

Anyway, if you want a really nice switch, check out the Sima SVS-4 at Buy.com. (It's what I'm using for PSX, Dreamcast, and SNES sound and video auto-switching to S-Video output). It's $149, but I've seen it as low as $80 online at times. Best Buy cleared em out last year at $80 also. 4 inputs, 2 outputs, composite -> S-video conversion, auto-switching, remote control, volume stabilization.

 

[Katana]

So is the quality of the converted signal as good as if it was a direct svideo?

 

[Perplexer]

The converted signal will not look any better; like noxxic says, it is more a matter of convenience. I will say the picture does not look any worse!

Actually, there is a possibility the converter will improve your signal slightly: the converter eliminates the need for your TV's comb filter for a composite signal and will help eliminate dot crawl. If your TV has a decent comb filter (or digital comb filter) then you won't see a difference.

I use a converter so I never have to switch inputs on the TV. My A/V receiver does S-video switching, and so does the Sima.

 

[Katana]

Alright, thanks. My reciever also does svideo switching and I also have 2 svideo and 2 composite inputs on the back on my tv, so I guess I don't need the converter. I just wanted it if I could get a better picture from my vcr and other devices that only use composite cables.

 

[killabeas]

I found a Pelican Accessories 4 input selector switch last week. It has rca AND s-video on it, but no conversion. The thing i do like though is it has little nameplates that you can switch on there for each of the 4 inputs. Link here It kinda matches the Playstation 2 colors, and it works really well.

-INDEED

 

[treasurehunter]

Has anyone confirmed that this unadvertised sale is still on at B&Ms? Did anyone else aside from A get this $19.99 price at a B&M store? I am interested in this item but the nearest Radio Shack isn't that near so I was hoping to know for sure that this is a national price before I headed out. . . .

 

[TERMIN]

i got this same s-video selector at radio shack for $19.99 last week. It was marked 19.99 also.

if i connect my DVD player to this thing, how do i let the sound come out through my home stereo system???

same thing with my vcr and digital cable...

????

 

[Maverick319]

If your receiver already has enough inputs (I would imagine so), just hook the audio up directly to the receiver. I think most of us are looking for this to be able to use S-Video inputs from several different sources with one TV. Many newer TV's are coming with more than one S-Video input, but 19.99 is cheaper than buying a new set.

 

[TERMIN]

my receiver is all full, it doesn't have a dvd input

is there any way i can connect my dvd to it to get sound from the speakers in my home theater system??

 

[adamone11]

I just bought a Recoton 4port switch from buy.com to use up my aging buy.com $100 gc via eTrade. I didn't... really need one, but I also didn't want to be stuck with a $100 gc to a company that no longer existed. Anyways, it has (straight from the page)

4 S-Video Inputs
4 RCA stereo audio/video inputs
1 S-Video output
1 RCA stereo audio/video output

AND, not mentioned, I think it has a headphone jack. Check www.recoton.com, model DVD1000. To find the page on buy.com, search for "recoton switcher"

$26.99 and I think shipping is free today! It's from the electronics store

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