S-Video from GF3 to tv....

[DragonFire]

I was at wal-mart the other day when I noticed something that might work but I dunno. Would a S-Video Switcher with RF Modulator which has an S-video input and coaxial / RCA outputs work?

If such a device would work, how good would the picture be going from the GF3 s-video output to the tv's RCA video input?

Would watching dvd rips encoded in divx/xvid be watchable?

 

[Cawchy87]

I have a long s-video cable and it is watchable. I am not sure about rca, but if your tv has s-video why not just buy an s-video cable.

 

[Rage187]

as his summary notes, his TV does not have s-video.

 

[FuFighterStan]

I just went to Radio Shack and bought a converter from S-Video to RCA. Works fine.

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: FuFighterStan
I just went to Radio Shack and bought a converter from S-Video to RCA. Works fine.

was just going to suggest doing that.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: DragonFire
I was at wal-mart the other day when I noticed something that might work but I dunno. Would a S-Video Switcher with RF Modulator which has an S-video input and coaxial / RCA outputs work?

If such a device would work, how good would the picture be going from the GF3 s-video output to the tv's RCA video input?

Would watching dvd rips encoded in divx/xvid be watchable?

ATI ships Svideo > RCA Adaptors with most of their cards (or at least, they used to for sure.. not sure about now) that you could probably buy for dirt cheap in FS/FT. I have 1 or 2 of them that I don't need, for example.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: DragonFire
I was at wal-mart the other day when I noticed something that might work but I dunno. Would a S-Video Switcher with RF Modulator which has an S-video input and coaxial / RCA outputs work?

If such a device would work, how good would the picture be going from the GF3 s-video output to the tv's RCA video input?

Would watching dvd rips encoded in divx/xvid be watchable?

ATI ships Svideo > RCA Adaptors with most of their cards (or at least, they used to for sure.. not sure about now) that you could probably buy for dirt cheap in FS/FT. I have 1 or 2 of them that I don't need, for example.

Yep. Svideo->RCA adaptor, couple bucks.

And your divx/xvids would be just fine, but watching off your original legally owned DVDs is a better option.

- M4H

 

[DragonFire]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
ATI ships Svideo > RCA Adaptors with most of their cards (or at least, they used to for sure.. not sure about now) that you could probably buy for dirt cheap in FS/FT. I have 1 or 2 of them that I don't need, for example.

I am so stupid! I never even thought about that!

/me runs off to find box for 9800 pro.....

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Yep. Svideo->RCA adaptor, couple bucks.

And your divx/xvids would be just fine, but watching off your original legally owned DVDs is a better option.

- M4H

Not with Macrovision.

I have a friend, who uses his PS2 to play DVD movies, and his television is one of those units with a built-in VHS deck too. Simply routing the composite A/V output from the PS2 to the combo TV/VCR's A/V input, causes this horrific brightening/darkening thing to happen, when watching any macrovision-protected DVD.

IMHO, Macrovision should die!

 

[reallyscrued]

macrovision was never supposed to actually be there. it was a bug in the digital video signal that i think the DVD industry took advantage of. but yeah, an s-video to RCA adapter would work fine, my tv neither has RCA or S-video, so i have convert from S-V to RCA thru my VCR in thru coaxial. image is TERRIBLE!.

 

[PING]

I have one of those switcher. It works fine with S-Video output->composite in to TV. Now, that's an old tv. It doesnt' even have a RCA input. I have my PS2, PS1, and use to be dreamcast connected to it.