S-Video Resolution Inquiry RE Magnavox MDV410

[Frank-0-Video]

I own a seldom-used but still fully operational Magnavox MDV410 DVD player. I also have the original remote, and it too is fully operational.

This model has both RCA composite and S-Video outputs, as well as RCA Left-Right audio outputs and a digital audio coax output.

The owner's manual does not offer much of anything as far as detailed video specs.

I know that S-Video supposedly does not improve too much on video resolution vs. RCA-composite. Even so, if anyone can provide in simplest terms what may be the best resolution I can expect from the MDV410's S-video output, I would appreciate it.

Thanx-A-Lotte, Frank-0-Video

[davexnet]

Do you mean if you were to do an analog > digital capure of a VHS tape?
Normally it would be captured at 720x480 NTSC Standard Definition

[Frank-0-Video]

Do you mean a .... capture of a VHS tape?

Thank You -- Respectfully, this is a DVD player, not a VHS unit.

[davexnet]

Do you mean a .... capture of a VHS tape?

Thank You -- Respectfully, this is a DVD player, not a VHS unit.

Then the resolution is known. NTSC DVD's are 720x480 (NTSC) and much better to capture by ripping
on the computer. A caveat may be a player that can do native upscaling and output over HDMI, for example

[Sharc]

Yes. NTSC DVD "resolution" is 720x480 pixels which is independent of the player. The resolution in terms of picture details does not impove with upscaling to a higher frame size, because upscaling cannnot add picture details which do not exist in the 720x480 DVD source.
(S-Video or Composite are bandwidth limited analog signals which have no pixels.)

[Frank-0-Video]

Yes. NTSC DVD "resolution" is 720x480 pixels which is independent of the player.

OKAY

Thank You Both.

Observation -- Pity that there was no "Generation-2" S-Video cable-connection, with one cable carrying component red-green-blue video, maybe one other channel of video info, left-right audio and common grounds.

[jagabo]

Why bother capturing from a DVD player when you can rip the disc and get a perfect copy of what's on it?

And if you do have to capture from the player s-video will get you a much better picture than composite. Better resolution (assuming the DVD has the resolution, a DVD made from a VHS tape won't have great horizontal resolution, and a DVD recorded at half D1 or quarter D1 also has lesser resolution) and no dot-crawl or rainbow artifacts.

[Frank-0-Video]

Why bother capturing from a DVD player when you can rip the disc and get a perfect copy of what's on it?

A plan for DVD Ripping (and Blu-Ray as well) is in the works, which I'll explain over in the Ripping Forums shortly.

Video capture is being considered only as a fall-back option.

Thanx-A-Lotte, Frank-0-Video