[mythtv-users] Video Capture Card

[Trey Thompson]

On Dec 14, 2007 12:06 AM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/14/07, Trey Thompson <treythompson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Also, you WILL notice a difference between svideo and composite.  A HUGE one.
> >
> > Sorry for the obvious question...  but you're saying that S-Video will
> > be better than composite (RWY)?
>
>
> Ignore the audio.  no matter what you need the red and white
> connectors for that.
>
> Quick primer (which I'm sure is on the wiki) about video:
> -Composite has 1 ground and 1 signal wire
> -SVideo has 2 ground and 2 signal wire (chrom and lumen).
> -Component has 3 ground and 3 signal wires (not sure of the signals)
>
> The move from composite to SVideo results in a MUCH clearer picture
> because dark vs light doesn't cause corruption in color (and vice
> versa).  The biggest visible proof of this is that svideo signals
> typically do not suffer from dot-crawl or from "blooming" (bright
> scenes causing color degredation).
>

Hey Bill, thanks alot, that makes sense!

Trey