There are some receivers with "converting" ability out there. The only brand I remember off-hand is the top Kenwood, but I think there is also a thread on this forum that mentions some others.*
There are also some external boxes available, so you could change your input formats before you passed the signal into the receiver in the first place. Try running a few Web searches on video format conversion.
Good Luck!
*P.S. Found it! The whole thread is
here. Below are the appropriate excerpts:
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Spiky ---
The Onkyo 696, 797, 898 convert from composite to S-video and vice versa. The Kenwood Sovereign 5900 and 5700 (right number?) do the same AND convert from composite or S-video to component video, but not from component to the lesser formats.
Several others do the composite to S-video conversion. I believe the new Marantz receivers and possibly the Yamahas.
It is possible that some Pioneer or Sony or Panasonic receivers do this as well, but I don't follow the cheap brands.
--- From
me ---
Depending upon your receiver's inputs, I know how you can cut down on the number of inputs to your monitor. This method WILL NOT increase your video quality. For about $20 you can purhcase a small "dongle" that will allow a composite signal to be sent over an S-Video cable. I purchased mine at
Keene Electronics, but you can find some other vendors by searching through previous threads on this forum.
I connect the composite video output from my VCR with an RCA cable to one side of the dongle, and an S-Video cable from the other side into one of the S-Video inputs on my receiver. Now I only have "two" types of output from the receiver to the TV -- component and "S-Vid," which includes the composite signal from the VCR. Hope this helps!
--- From
david ---
Checkout the Monster Cable Entech CVSI-1. This unit has 1 composite input, 1 s-video input and 1 component input. It them converts all of your receiver's composite and s-video outputs to both RGB and componet video."It is then routed directly to the componet video inputs on your TV, makeing TV or projector input switching a thing of the past." See this site:
[Link: monstercable.com]...
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This message was edited by Bruce Burson on 03/13/02 04:29.50.
