S-Video into composite VS composite for pc fx

[spawn844]

Hey i just bought myself a little S-video to composite because i heard S-Video was better looking (not by much but better looking) it costed me 18$ for this little gizmo a little to much if you ask me...anyways heres my question.

Does making s-video into composite downgrade the signal back to composite so im doing jack all?
Is this set up better then just composite cables?

[Duo_R]

Does your TV have S-video? What you are describing adds no benefit.

[spawn844]

My tv does not have S-Video i am using this

[Duo_R]

No benefit in picture quality

[spawn844]

Can you explain in detail before i take this device back?

[Duo_R]

You took a good quality video signal and downgraded it to composite video quality

[Duo_R]

The benefit of s-video is the seperation of the Chroma and Luma signals. When you combine them back into composite video you lose that improvement in video quality. That cable is only handy if you had a device that had svideo out but no composite video out in order to connect to your TV. But there won't be an improvement in picture quality. Test it yourself

[spawn844]

Alright ill be taking it back today, thanks for the help.

[Duo_R]

U bet man don't want u wasting $$$. What games do you have so far?

[spawn844]

*Sighs*...None been burning games (on ebay right now looking at a few cheap ones)
Every time i burn a game to a cd whenever a cut scene of anime comes up it trys to play then says cd disc error then boots back up to intro game play plays fine just any cut scene and the pc-fx is all about the cut scenes...

[turboswimbz]

TRY Rakuten, yeah you may have to pay In't shipping, but they commonly have games listed for around 500 Yen - roughly 5 USD. (If you get 3 or 4 that could justify shipping for sure.)   
 
http://global.rakuten.com/en/search?st=&tl=0&k=PC+FX

[spawn844]

Is that a trusted site and ships to canada?
Dont wanna give money to something i wont ever get...
How do they ship? air mail? EMs?

[turboswimbz]

Yes, just customize to show stores that send to CA.  and it is very reliable.  I have not heard a complaint about them yet.

the website is kinda a middleman so each seller/store is diffrent.  Most send EMS.

note: most of the PC-FX stuff looks like it's from suruga-ya.  Down side is no pictures or details will be availbale about it.  The upside is most of the time what they do send is in pretty good condtion, even if disc only ect. 

http://global.rakuten.com/en/help/shipping/

[Ji-L87]

...even if disc only ect. 

If the listing says things like "no box theory" then it's disc only Double check by changing the page to Japanese and use a translation tool if you're unsure.
Surugaya only does EMS and it can take a few days for them to get back to you sometimes, just FYI : )

For shipping, look at the EMS rates to get a rough idea.

[Aggie Tsubi]

The PC-FX has generic composite and s-video jacks, so there's no need for any kind of special cables, unless for some odd reason you have a TV that neither supports composite nor s-video. For that matter, you don't even have to use the system's original cable. You can just as well buy a PC-FX without any video cable included and hope that maybe it'll scare some bidders off who assume the PC-FX uses something unique to itself.