Lan Barnes wrote:
Just a note on why I am content to use so much RCA composite wiring on my
set up, despite the undeniable fact that S-Video would give a better
signal.
"Better signal" is like thinner or richer ... you can't argue that more
isn't better. But sometimes good enough is good enough when the trade offs
are convenience and cost.
Example: When I go to a stereo store, I can buy floor speakers for $50 or
$1,000. I am not going to deny that the $1k speakers almost certainly give
my ears a better signal than the cheapies. But I have tinnitus. Prob'ly
all the bad stuff I smoked in Vietnam (and, yes, I inhaled -- that's the
point). So my ears can't really _receive_ a better signal. Why spend $950
for quality I can't notice?
And my TV's not a hi-def. It may be someday, in which case I can consider
recabling. But it's not now.
The only place I'm noticing any degradation of signal is in the VCR
playback. It's going through 3 cables (6 RCA plugs) and it's a little
fuzzier than I would have expected. Because of this, when I am archiving
my family VCR tapes, I may hand patch it directly into the myth box
through one cable. But I'm not going to be playing a lot of video tapes (I
won't have to any more), so I'm not giving much up day to day.
That is probably the one place where you would *most* want to reduce the
degradation of signal. Your digital copies, no matter what, will be
somewhat degraded from the VHS originals. Reduce that as much as
possible before you flush the VHS or before the analog itself (on the
VHS) becomes degraded. (Unless "good enough is good enough".) ;-)
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