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Thread: Toshiba D-R4 and S-Video Passthrough? |
    
New member Username: Thematt
Post Number: 1
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 04:34 pm: |
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I am hoping someone here can help me with this. I am thinking of purchasing a Toshiba D-R4, mainly to distribute DVDs rather than VCRs to cable-less parents. I am also thinking about getting Comcast's DVR (Motorola dual).
I know I need to connect the DVR to my TV via composite or S-video (no HDTV for me yet), and my TV has only *one* S-video in. What I'm wondering, now, is whether the D-R4 does S-video passthrough while off?
That is, if I connect the DVR S-video out to the D-R4 INPUT-1 S-video in, then the D-R4 S-video output to my TV, will I be able to view the cable box output with the D-R4 off or will the D-R4 need to be on for the S-video to passthrough? |
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Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 1589
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 05:33 pm: |
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It won't do it while off, nothing will. You need a video switcher with s-video. You can get them at Wal Mart or Radio Shack. |
New member Username: Thematt
Post Number: 2
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 05:45 pm: |
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Aw...okay. I guess I was hoping Mitsubishi had influenced more than they have. I know their old (current?) S-VHS players had S-video passthrough. I always wondered why no one else picked that up.
Is there any sort of degradation due to s-video switches? If so, any brands to look out for? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 1591
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 06:56 pm: |
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I haven't used them for s-video, only composite. I didn't see any difference. |
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