[mythtv-users] *huge* difference in picture quality..

[Kyle Rose]

>> FWIW, composite and S-video are almost identical in quality: the real
>> step-up is to component video, which can output progressive scan,
>> giving you 480 viewable scan lines in NTSC at one field per frame
>> (non-interlaced) instead of 240 per field at two per frame
>> (interlaced).
>
> Guess the RCA out of the Asus Pundit is crappy then? It's night and
> day, even at 640x480 "NTSC" resolution.

So, I did a little more research, and it appears S-Video (or "Y/C") is
somewhere between component (or "Y/Cr/Cb") video and composite video.
So you should see substantial increase in video quality from composite
to S-Video.

Cheers,
Kyle