Component Vs S-video

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Have checked the archives and the general consensus is that Component betters S-video. There are a few people out there that advise its close but in my instance I find the S-video a cleaner picture. I have a 2 year old Sony DVP-NS715P dvd player into a 3 year old Sony KP-53HS10 RPTV. S-video cable is a 3 year old Tributaries "upper model". Have been comparing Progressive scan output (480P) with Ratshack component cables to the S-video and the picture is noticeably sharper in terms of detail than the cprogressive scan output. Thought it possibly might be the lower quality RS cables so I bought a new 3m set and while they haven't burned in but 7 hours or so the same thing applies. Color seems to be deeper on component but the details (are so much sharper on the S-video. Pause a pciture and you can see the mole of someone's cheek with component but on S-video you can see the mole actually has an indentation in it. I've checked both the manual for the dvd and tv and all my hook-ups are correct. Could it be the fact that the dvd player is the weak link and that buying a new but hopefully inexpensive dvd player be the solution?

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Topic - Component Vs S-video - Ron D 07:54:49 11/05/04 (2)

Re: Component Vs S-video - ishmael 14:31:37 11/14/04 (0)

Re: Component Vs S-video - Chris 14:36:33 11/09/04 (0)

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