S-Video is HDTV?

[nishant]

Hey guys, im sorta new to the HDTV thing and was wondering , since i just bought a new RCA Tv, is an S-Video input the same thing as the hdtv input?


BTW, WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH MY STATS, I HAD LIKE 400 POSTS BEFORE THE UPGRADE

 

[Audi90Quattro]

No. I know that for sure,

I thought however that hdtv was green red and blue.

 

[nishant]

hmm

any way to use s-video with my xbox? heard its alot better than regular tv

 

[aural]

HDTV requires component video cables. as audi said its the video cables consisting of green/red/blue. you need the Xbox HD AV Kit for it.

yes you can use S-Video on your xbox. you need to get the AV pack that supports S-Video. S-Video has the same amount of scan lines as your composite (yellow) video cable, but it does handle the color bleed a little bit better, so it does give a *slightly* better picture. you probably would only be able to tell the difference between composite and S-Video if you have a nice TV with a 3 Line Digital comb filter (or better)

But if you have an HDTV, dont you dare hook up your xbox with anything less than component video for god's sake!

 

[Riggity Ryan]

First bad choice was to buy an RCA. (Let me guess, the box said "XBOX compatible"? YUCK!) Second was to ask if s-video is hd. If it was hd, they wouldn't call the s-video cables "Advanced AV pack" and the component cables "high definition av pack". Third is complaining about having 400 posts... what difference does that make?