Risky to buy 27" TV Refurbished? Orion

[jakdedert]

I'm completely aware of the dif' between the various outputs. I was
commenting--not very clearly, apparently--on the stupidity of the guy
recommending the comp' output as being the best. To be honest, he did also
mention the S-VHS out, but only as secondary to the composite...no mention
of the digital outs. I hope it was a misquote.....

jak

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On 14-Nov-2003, "jakdedert" <jdedert@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I saw a TV 'gadget' show today that quoted (perhaps misquoted?) a CR
report
on DVD players. The commentator said that one should look for a unit
with
a
*composite video* output in order the get the best quality
video....WHAT?

jak

Composite video... This is the separate video and audio outputs versus
the
RF output which plugs into the antenna input of the TV. Composite video
has
several different forms nowdays. Some are the RCA type video out, some
use
the S-Video din plug, and then there are some that separate the color
and
sync and you run 3 cables from the DVD player to the TV.. Mine has all
3
types of output. RF output on a DVD only unit is rare, since it
actually
requires circuits not needed by the DVD.

Composite video is actually labeled Component video on my unit,
though...
So maybe the moderator of the show misquoted, or maybe the two are used
interchangeably.

Composite video refers to the single RCA jack, it's chroma and luminance
all
stuffed together on one wire. Svideo and Component are just that, they're
separate standards. I'm not aware of any DVD player that even has an RF
jack, much less *lacks* something as basic as composite.