8800GT> S-Video > TV = Blurry

[CliffyBiro]

Whilst waiting for my DVI cable to be delivered, I have hooked up my rig to the TV with an S-Video cable. The display is very blurry and it's proving quite hard to read text. Is this normal for an S-Video output?

 

[David91]

yes this is normal, as your PC has to scale text and other fine details to suit the S-video cable (Which has a maximum resolution of 640x480) then your TV blows it up.

correct me if im wrong

 

[Kribby2006]

yea s-video sux man

 

[CliffyBiro]

Bummer. Have to wait for my cable then. Bought the card 2nd hand with no cable included.

 

[David91]

ah. i can see why you worried but yeah S-video is old and decrepit.

 

[Bomag]

ah. i can see why you worried but yeah S-video is old and decrepit.

S-video is still perfectly fine for what it was designed for - displaying good quality standard definition TV (720*576 at 25 fps interlaced). For the best picture set resolution to 720*576 and set sharpness to max (or to as high as possible without it flickering).

 

[Shocky-FM]

I can select 1024*768 through s-video, looks like poop but it works.

 

[hibbet]

i had my 37" 1080p tv hooked up thru s-video then i got a dvi to hdmi cable and the difference is night and day