[anill2]

i have a 32" sony silver widescreen tv, for all its praise- its got 1 shitty feature just 1 RGB input, the other is PAL.
i have my sky digibox connected through the RGB port and picture is amazing , no pixel burning- the picture stays still.
anyway im getting a pioneer dvd palyer- it has s-video and RGB compatibility, what i am wondering: does S-Video give the same quality as RGB, if not what kind of scart switching system would i need?

nope, RGB is better than S-Video

you can get cheap scart switching boxes from many places, think Argos does one, just make sure all all the connectors are RGB enabled or it will be a waste of money!

[wicket]

It is generally agreed that RGB is the better signalling process though S-video comes a close second.

[James]

After spending hours messing with connections between the DVD/Digibox and TV Ive found

1) Composite is crap and should be avoided
Lack of clarity and quite a bit of color bleeding

2)The difference between S-Video and Component is marginal
I'd say that component had slightly bolder colors and contrast but not a massivie difference between the 2

[monkeysoup]

Assuming you have the luxury of connecting with either, try both, they're both good (though RGB possibly better). In the real world TVs usually run out of sockets about two devices too early and you're forced down the switching route or a fallback to s-video.

One thing which isn't as certain with s-video is widescreen switching - on RGB scart pin 8 it's virtually guaranteed, with s-video/composite line 23 many DVD players (and of coures all SKY digiboxes) just refuse. See other thread:
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...c517cbcds.html

[anill2]

i will connect a scart comming from the digibox into the DVD player, then a scart going from the DVD player into the TV RGB soket.
this means that if i want to watch a DVD movie i will have to turn the digibox, i think.

[Alan Thew]

Quote:

Originally posted by James
After spending hours messing with connections between the DVD/Digibox and TV Ive found

1) Composite is crap and should be avoided
Lack of clarity and quite a bit of color bleeding

2)The difference between S-Video and Component is marginal
I'd say that component had slightly bolder colors and contrast but not a massivie difference between the 2

But the question was about RGB versus S-Video. It's highly unlikely component video comes into it as an input option for anill2's television.

Many people (like James here, I think – forgive me if I've misunderstood) wrongly assume that component video is the same as RGB. This is not true. Component video splits the video signal into colour and brightness, and then further divides the colour information into blue and red channels to avoid the colour-bleeding artefacts which a composite signal give rise to. Component video is generally accepted as giving the best picture quality, but although it is common enough as an output from DVD players, not many TV sets accept it as an input. RGB is your best bet if this is indeed the case. S-Video is capable of producing a better quality picture than composite; however, some cheaper cables and equipment do not make full use of all the information the S-Video standard can potentially carry, and essentially produce no better than a composite quality picture.

[Mazrim Taim]

I generally advise buying a Scart cable fully wired (yes i know not all pins are wired but do not want to go in to that here).

[Jim Rae]

I have found that although component is technically the best signal available in a professional set up, it can be over saturated in a domestic environment and RGB can on occasions look more convincing.

It depends very much on what kit you use, but having said that, I am using component for DVD inputs and if a digibox came out with component, I'd look at it.

But then what about WS switching etc etc...

There's never an easy answer!