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Help with S-Video out

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Vette5885

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I'm having a lot of trouble getting my computer to look decent on my 19" tv. Here's the path:

MCE 2K5 -> (Purevideo Decoder) -> Radeon 9600 -> S-Video Cable -> S-Video Converter -> RCA Cable -> TV

No matter what I set the video settings to (on the TV, PureVideo, and ATi Control Panel) the TV still looks dull and washed out. This is both comparing it to a DVI LCD and also to a tuned TV channel through a TV Box. The TV along looks nice and bright and crisp, but the computer video doesn't even come close.

I've tried hooking up my computer (in sig) to the S-Video on my 2005 LCD. Using PIP, the S-Video doesn't look nearly as nice as the video played on my Desktop.

So is S-Video naturally flawed?

Thanks for your help.
 
Ok, composite.

Well, I'm running a converter that I got at Radio Shack right now - it's a 4-pin connector. I've tried a 7-pin (?) S-video converter from an X800, but that makes everything look very dark.

I understand that composite won't be as sharp as the S-Video, but I'm getting problems primarily with red being too vibrant (turned down saturation and it's mostly fixed), blues are ok, and greens are dim. Black isn't very dark and white isn't very bright. I've turned up the contrast, but that makes it look more washed out.

Also, I said S-Video in my first post because I tested out S-Video to my 2005 and I seem to have the same problems.

And thanks Chernobyl - you've helped me before and I appreciate you helping me now.
 
sorry to say but you can expect those sort of problems using composite.
Try adjusting the video settings in windows as well as the telly.
Between them you may get something acceptable.

Also check to see if there is a setting in the video driver to send composite over S-Video.
 
look for the vga to component cables that they make for the 9XXX series works great on my 9800pro
 
Do you have a video recorder connected to the telly?
I use a video recorder to convert satellite scart signal to SVideo into my graphics card.
It does a fantastic job.

Maybe you can feed SVideo to the video recorder and use whatever methods to pass the video to your telly.
Hopefully this will look a bit better.
 
Chernobyl1 said:
Do you have a video recorder connected to the telly?
I use a video recorder to convert satellite scart signal to SVideo into my graphics card.
It does a fantastic job.

Maybe you can feed SVideo to the video recorder and use whatever methods to pass the video to your telly.
Hopefully this will look a bit better.
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Do you mean DVR? The S-Video out from our DVR is still MUCH better than from the 9600. I've tried connecting the DVR S-Video to the TV-In on the computer and then out to the TV, but it looks the same as if the 550 pro was doing the tuning itself.

Also, I know that whatever is happening before it comes out of the video card is working properly. I've watched the DVR-MS files on my computer over the network, and it looks perfectly fine on my screen. The problem is definitely with the S-Video output.

Do the newer cards have a better TV-Out?
 
If you are using the 6800GT in your sig, TVout isnt bad on them.
I was thinking along the lines that your graphics cards TVout might have a strange incompatibility with your Composite converter.

Using the video recorder may give a better result.
They also amplify the edges of signals which can clean the picture up a bit.
 
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