Re: [stella] VCS modifications

Subject: Re: [stella] VCS modifications
From: Chris Wilkson <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:32:53 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Glenn Saunders wrote:

> Mid to high priced TVs have Y/C (also known as S-Video or SVHS) inputs.
> You'd need to output to the 4-pin Y/C cable, but if you do that then it
> would work with these TVs.  It's really quite a shame that so few TVs have
> Y/C inputs.

> One of the things a TBC can do is take a noninterlaced NTSC signal from a
> videogame and add the interlace back into it.  Vertical scrollers like
> River Raid doesn't look good this way, but at least it will be a
> broadcast-legal signal.  Although my system is composite based, the TBC
> handles transcoding from Y/C to composite, and this generally yields a
> better image than going in via composite, which is why I wanted to use a
> VCS with a Y/C modification.


Ok...what's the difference between composite and Y/C?  (other than the cable)

-Chris


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