S-video cable..better to use than RCA Jack audio, video cables?

[snafubaby]

Is it better to an use S-Video cable, rather than the typical RCA red-white-yellow cables? Will a video be any better looking using an S-Video,cable, being copied from VHS VCR to DVD recorder? Please advise. thanks!

[zoobie]

http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/svideo.html

[snafubaby]

http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/svideo.html

thanks for the read!! I bought an almost brand new S-VHS vcr. JVC HR-S7600U. for a whopping $10.00 for a pawn shop. From what i hear, the TBC on it isn't as good as the S7900U, but i managed to copy two of my many VHS tapes to DVD. I was just wondering if using S-Video would be a better option, and the read answered my question as a "yes". I know, from what a poster told me here a few weeks back, that a TBC isn't always a good thing, as it will sometimes make the video look worse, but two tapes outta two ain't bad.

The unit is nice. The only drawback is it didn't come with a remote, but that's ok.

Thanks again!

[zoobie]

killer deal, man
pawnshops usually don't goof...

[AlanHK]

The unit is nice. The only drawback is it didn't come with a remote, but that's ok.

You can get a universal (programmable) remote pretty cheap.
If you happen to have a PDA with IR (probably rare these days) they can be used too.

[jagabo]

Is it better to an use S-Video cable, rather than the typical RCA red-white-yellow cables? Will a video be any better looking using an S-Video,cable, being copied from VHS VCR to DVD recorder?

Generally, yes, s-video will look better than composite. S-video will not give you dot crawl and rainbow artifacts like composite. But this can vary depending on the source devices involved.

http://doom9.free.fr/index.html?/capture/rainbows.html