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monu

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Hi,
I have heard (but never seen) normal VCR on a Plasma. I am sure the HDTV, Analog TV and DVD (with Component/S-Video inputs etc.) look great. But how about the normal VCR with composite inputs?
If it doesn't look good, then is Onkyo the only good choice with Plasmas, as they are the only one to do Composite-to-S-Video switching?
Or is there another contender?
cheers,
Monu

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Video switcher ain't gonna upgrade the signal - Dalancroft 10:44:08 07/03/02 (4)
The signal quality going into the plasma screen will still be the quality of a composite signal -- the amp is just passing the signal along as S-video, but the source was still composite.
The best solution would be a VCR with S-video outs that runs directly into the TV. Most good monitors these days have two sets of component and 1 S-video (my Panasonic 47WX49 47" HDTV-capable RPTV does). I use component inputs for digital satellite and DVD and the S-video is currently open . . .
- Re: Video switcher ain't gonna upgrade the signal -NOT TRUE - JDog 10:39:40 07/12/02 (0)
  While the convential wisdom is more separated (Component> S-Vid > Composite) signal from the source is better, this is NOT always true. In the case of VHS, the native format of the tape is composite, so the quality of the S-video conversion chipset in the VCR determines the quality of the S-video output. An external up converter such as the Entech CVSI will turn a composite signal into a better S-video source than the VCR itself. In fact, I have tried Tivo, Replay TV, and various VCRs and found that the CVSI S-video converter was superior in all cases.
  The flip side would be the case of DVD where the source material is already component. Using a lower quality composite output and reconverting to component will certainly degrade the signal.
  The question here is what quality is the up conversion in the RPTV?
  I would recommend simply testing to find out what your percieve as the best solution.
  Jason
- Re: Video switcher ain't gonna upgrade the signal - Lasermeister 15:22:38 07/03/02 (2)
  Yes, this is correct. The quality of the signal will be dependent on the quality of the original source. Also, while S-Video offers a performance advantage over composite as far as VHS goes (if you get the S-Video signal right out of the VCR), you basically still have a low quality signal compared to DVD. I am skeptical as to how good this low resolution signal will look on any kind of big screen high performance TV.
  Todd
  - What if I convert VHSs to DVD-R/RW - monu 03:22:01 07/04/02 (1)
    Ok,
    I do have a whole lot of VHS collection (home videos), if I were to watch them on a Plasma, then obviously they won't look good going from the VHS. Does that mean the only option I have is to convert them into DVDs? Would that FOR SURE look decent on Plasmas?
    cheers,
    Monu
    - Changing formats won't help either - Lasermeister 12:37:12 07/05/02 (0)
      No, this will not look any better than the originals--garbage in, garbage out. Generally, if you copy something, it will always look worse than the original. If you copy a VHS tape to DVD, all you will be doing is encoding the low resolution, fuzzy, noisy VHS signal into digital, plus adding some MPEG-2 encoding artifacts. It may be more convenient to use, but your quality is going to be limited by the resolution of your source.
      Todd

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