Posted by GMAN on 09/12/06 04:30

In article <29226-450575B6-314@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net>, br2001@webtv.net wrote:
>Slightly OT, but - I still have many VHS tapes that are of value to me.
>My question - will an S-VHS deck make standard VHS tapes look any
>better? If opinions indicate a superior playback of standard VHS on a
>S-VHS deck, I'll pick one up. Opinions and suggestions welcome. Thanks
>in advance.....
>
It can "IF" it's a good quality SVHS vcr , and has a decent Y/C section
(S-video out).

VHS and SVHS record the video onto tape in the same way, just at a higher
bandwidth. The chrominance and luminance is stored seperate on tape. So
keeping the video from tape, output to tv all using a Y/C (S-video) connection
throughout can under the right circumstances look better than using composite.

The only time i have seen it look worse is when a subpar SVHS deck was used
compared to a higher quality VHS deck.

The TV has a big role to play in this too. A crappy source like a cable box
via SVIDEO can look worse than using a composite connection to some TV's since
many TV's have decent comb filters in them to handle the composite signal and
so it may appear cleaner than the subpar s-video output from a cheap SVHS VCR
or cable box.

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