D scaler with VHS Tapes

[faithfoo]

1) I am deciding whether I should purchase PAL or NTSC VHS tapes given that VCR players can play either of the 2.

2) Does D scaler works best with PAL or NTSC to yield best resolution when inputting the VHS source into HTPC for playback via projector ?
( DVI out of ATI Radeon card)


3) what resolution do we tweak the D scaler to ?? ( 1920 * 1080 ? )

4) I believe the best way to play back VHS tapes via the HTPC would be to output Composite video of the VCR player to the composite input of a TV Tuner card

a) It will not make any difference to output such VHS tapes from the s video output of the VCR player or input it to the S video input of the TV Tuner card . ( Since such NTSC or PAL tapes are non SVHS > )

b) if you have a recommendation for the TV tuner card that works well with D scaler as well . I am thinking about flyvideo 3000

[dphirschler]

Where did you get the idea that VHS players can play both PAL and NTSC? I was under the impression that your VCR had to explicitly claim support for either or both formats. Am I mistaken?


Darryl

[Nelson37]

4a. you are confusing S-Video and SVHS. There is NO CONNECTION between the two. SVHS is a tape standard giving higher quality than VHS. S-Video is a cable standard giving better quality than composite. Some units do not seperate the signals in the best way, so that the quality difference is negligible on those units. However, when done correctly, S-Video gives a better picture then composite. Only Component is superior, or perhaps DVI, though this is not yet a TV standard.

[au7usa]

Have you tried Dscalar with your ATI card? DScalar is incompatible with certain chipsets used by some ATI cards.

There should be a compatibility list at their site.