Just Making Sure!!

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:22 pm

(I am just making sure) RGB, S-video, and Composite video are all seperate video signals right? I mean Is it like RGB is contained in S-video or Composite. (For some reason I thought they were mixed or something.)

gamecube6 · Post by **gamecube6** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:53 pm

you are correct

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:55 pm

Composite is basically the combination of S-Video signals of Chrominance & Luminance.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:30 pm

And on most systems (specifically the playstation) you have the option of all 3 signals you can output? or am I wrong. (Sorry if i'm frustrating you guys, I guess this isn't the easiest concept for me to grasp

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Post by **gannon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:42 pm

A lot of systems (in the US atleast) don't offer RGB out.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:45 pm

That's unfortunate, RGB is the clearest and sharpest picture available aside the HD pictures.

It's a shame....

Luckily you can mod most systems to output RGB!

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:21 pm

Luckily, almost all systems can be modded for S-Video out! Even the Atari 2600!!!!

(I know it's obvious for BenHeck fanboys, but...whatever...)

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:23 pm

Ok wait I'm confused. On the psx A/V pinout, there is RGB and S-video pins. I thought they were two different signals.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:51 am

Can you use either type of signal, is that why they're both there???

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:19 am

littlemal wrote:Can you use either type of signal, is that why they're both there???

Yes.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:52 pm

I always wondered about that. That means you don't have to use all of the pins from playstation to send a video signal out on a screen right. (Last question honest)

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:45 pm

Can anyone give a quick answer I just want to be sure.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:01 pm

If you look inside any PlayStation A/V cable, you'll see only 3-4 pins are used...

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:21 am

Just a note to add, if you look at most Playstation a/v plugs they only have 6 pins in them. Now if you look at the actual console, there are 12 pins. So basically all the outputs are there, but it depends on what cable your plugging in.

littlemal · Post by **littlemal** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:04 am

Wait a minute though, how would you know what pins you want to use for like composite video.
EDIT: Nevermind I got it