Video Asylum

Posted by Homer (A) on March 13, 2002 at 20:31:48

In Reply to: Any suggestions on what to do if your DVD has an s-video out but your tv doesn't have an s-video in? posted by sammy on March 11, 2002 at 18:50:55:

Some VCRs won't work, due to the "Macrovision" copyprotection in the signal coming out of the DVD player (only certain discs enable this). Others, like mine, happily ignore Macrovision, unless you try to record.

By "not working", I mean that the image will have severe problems that render it effectively unwatchable.

The other solution is to see if some place like Radio Shack has a S-Video -> RF (type F) or composite -> RF convertor, which I think is the case.

I hope it's obvious that neither of these solutions will give you the quality that's possible with a direct S-Video connection. In other words, with such an old TV, you're really missing out on a lot of the potential that DVD has to offer.

Believe it or not, some DVD players (usually Chinese imports) actually have RF (type F) outputs!! Clearly, it's a feature aimed at their domestic market.