S-Video Output on VCR

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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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Topic - S-Video Output on VCR - JerryS 09:27:11 10/04/01 (3)

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