what has better picture

Willow
Willow Posts: 11,040
edited August 2004 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
composite or coax (tv cable) just wondering what might give me a better pic from VCR with the composite or coax cable ??

and why ??

Thanks
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited August 2004
    Try them both and let us know.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,040
    edited August 2004
    thanks lotsa help !!
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  • johnny_utah
    johnny_utah Posts: 117
    edited August 2004
    composite - because it breaks down the signal to video and audio
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,040
    edited August 2004
    thank you that makes sense , right the coax carries both Ill hook it up that way !!

    Thanks again
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2004
    theoretically the composite will have better picture, but I doubt you'll notice any difference depending on your TV and what you're watching...
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited August 2004
    Composite is definitely better than coax.

    What's a VCR though? :confused:
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,040
    edited August 2004
    we only use the VCR to tape TV shows when we are not home or watching something else and want to tape at the same time antoher show
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    theoretically the composite will have better picture, but I doubt you'll notice any difference depending on your TV and what you're watching...

    This is just an opinion, but when I was at a hotel and had my PS2, I used the cable connection, then later realized the TV had composite. There was a BIG difference IMO. One game I couldn't play because the dark areas (I was in a tunnel) were impossible to decipher anything. With the composite, I noticed there was actually walls and detail to those walls.
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by bknauss
    This is just an opinion, but when I was at a hotel and had my PS2, I used the cable connection, then later realized the TV had composite. There was a BIG difference IMO. One game I couldn't play because the dark areas (I was in a tunnel) were impossible to decipher anything. With the composite, I noticed there was actually walls and detail to those walls.
    I can definitely see that with video game systems becuase you have to go through some kind of RF adapter to get a coax signal...the systems are inherently composite...so yeah I can see going through an extra adapter would make a difference...

    I don't think the difference would be as big with a VCR though...I could be wrong...
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,040
    edited August 2004
    now what if I used somposite from VCR then let the receiver convert to Svideo ???

    would this work at all ?? and I guess it would look better ??!!
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by Willow
    now what if I used somposite from VCR then let the receiver convert to Svideo ???

    would this work at all ?? and I guess it would look better ??!!
    depends on the S-Video upconverting capabilities of your receiver...or if it will even pass the composite through the S-Video out...

    Definitely worht a try...
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,040
    edited August 2004
    don't know but I have a yammy AV never used the conversion...I should try
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited August 2004
    Anytime you have a conversion, there's usually going to be a downgrade. I'd just run composite still.
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