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AIW connection type quality question
I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to
either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? |
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"likeit" wrote in message
... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video |
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likeit wrote:
I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-video. But a suitably modified DirecTivo will give you better quality than either. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"T Shadow" wrote in message
.. . "likeit" wrote in message ... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video Which is also the most likely to be problematic (I've never been able to get anything other than a black and white picture with S-Video and my 3 AIWs - including an 8500DV). Composite on the other hand, displays fine and allows full functionality of my VCR menu which doesn't show when using an S-Video input to the cards. likeit would be best to try S-Video first but have composite as a back up plan if (when?) problems arise. Paul |
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Paul Murphy wrote:
"T Shadow" wrote in message .. . "likeit" wrote in message ... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video Which is also the most likely to be problematic (I've never been able to get anything other than a black and white picture with S-Video and my 3 AIWs - including an 8500DV). Composite on the other hand, displays fine and allows full functionality of my VCR menu which doesn't show when using an S-Video input to the cards. likeit would be best to try S-Video first but have composite as a back up plan if (when?) problems arise. I've never had any trouble with S-video from any board that has an S-video output. Paul -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"J. Clarke" wrote in message
... Paul Murphy wrote: "T Shadow" wrote in message .. . "likeit" wrote in message ... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video Which is also the most likely to be problematic (I've never been able to get anything other than a black and white picture with S-Video and my 3 AIWs - including an 8500DV). Composite on the other hand, displays fine and allows full functionality of my VCR menu which doesn't show when using an S-Video input to the cards. likeit would be best to try S-Video first but have composite as a back up plan if (when?) problems arise. I've never had any trouble with S-video from any board that has an S-video output. Paul -- I haven't had a problem with S-Video on either of my AIWs either. He did ask about video quality didn't he? I would try to get S-Video working first. YMMV |
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:35:10 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote: Paul Murphy wrote: "T Shadow" wrote in message .. . "likeit" wrote in message ... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video Which is also the most likely to be problematic (I've never been able to get anything other than a black and white picture with S-Video and my 3 AIWs - including an 8500DV). Composite on the other hand, displays fine and allows full functionality of my VCR menu which doesn't show when using an S-Video input to the cards. likeit would be best to try S-Video first but have composite as a back up plan if (when?) problems arise. I've never had any trouble with S-video from any board that has an S-video output. Paul How long the S-Video cable can be? My PC is about 20 feet away from the Direct TV box. |
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likeit wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:35:10 -0400, "J. Clarke" wrote: Paul Murphy wrote: "T Shadow" wrote in message .. . "likeit" wrote in message ... I guess I can connect my Direct TV signal from the box to either the S-Video port or the Composite ports on the dangle cable that came with my AIW 8500DV card. But which connection should yield better video quality? S-Video Which is also the most likely to be problematic (I've never been able to get anything other than a black and white picture with S-Video and my 3 AIWs - including an 8500DV). Composite on the other hand, displays fine and allows full functionality of my VCR menu which doesn't show when using an S-Video input to the cards. likeit would be best to try S-Video first but have composite as a back up plan if (when?) problems arise. I've never had any trouble with S-video from any board that has an S-video output. Paul How long the S-Video cable can be? My PC is about 20 feet away from the Direct TV box. There's a discussion of this at http://www.cinematography.net/Pages DW/MaximumCableLength.htm. 20 feet should not be a problem. I get 24 out of cheap Rat Shack cables with no artifacts that I can see. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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