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I have a JVC HRS3600Un S-VHS VCR. It does a good job of playing rental tapes and time-shifting TV shows using its RCA (composite) video output. I don't use S-VHS tape, or record in the S-VHS mode. Thinking that the S-Video output would improve the picture, I got some Belden 1807a S-Video cable from Radioshack.com and made a cable (12 ft. with connectors cost about $9).The improvement using the S-Video connection instead of the composite was dramatic, immediately noticeable, and large! This actually made more of an improvement than changing my older Toshiba DVD player's connection to my Sony XBR32-450 from composite to component.
So a big advantage of using a S-VHS VCR may not be recording in S-VHS, but in using the S-Video connection to your TV.
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Yes, I believe that VHS VCRs record the luminance and chroma info separately, so using the S-Video connection keeps these signals from screwing each other up as they would in a composite connection. It's the same principle that's behind the recommendation to use S-Video on DVD instead of composite (of course, component would be better still).Todd
Coincidently, I just bought a Monster 3 S-Video cable, hoping to find a dramatic improvement over composite video. Didn't find it. The images didn't look much different. However, I made my composite cable out of Belden 89259 with Cardas connectors, so it's a VERY good and VERY inexpensive cable. Cost me about $20 in parts versus $50 for the retail S-Video cable.I plan on building an S-Video cable with 89259 cable some day. The technological advantages of S-Video technology should be evident in this cable compared to the 89259 composite cable.
I would suggest cleaning off your RCA connectors. If they're heavily oxidized, that'll severely impair your image quality.
Try using belden 1506a,A whole lot better for this purpose, the shielding is what makes the difference in video.
Also note that some HDTV might not show an improvement from "F" to svid. Mitsubishi is one that I know of. I got one. Yet my Tosh with the 1506A's on svid gives a steller perforance.
Has something to do with the comb filters at the RF input.
Really drove me nutz, till I found it out.
ALso has to do with the line doubler in the HDTV. As they all have em. Mitsu's line doubler sucks!
Mitch
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