+videofx Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I am using my Samsung LCD with S-Video and I get these vertical lines. Same monitor in composite and no lines. Here is a PIC Anyway to get rid of the lines? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin1968 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 That is exactly why I use an old CRT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I have a similar symptom on one set of s-video cables while another s-video cable does not do this. So it may be the cable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, Sugarland said: I have a similar symptom on one set of s-video cables while another s-video cable does not do this. So it may be the cable. Its a Lotherek Video cable. The Composite part of the cable DOESNT DO IT! I have another cable somewhere have to find it and check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 That banding looks like what you get sometimes with a Composite signal run into the Chroma part of a chroma/luma monitor (in other words, if the composite signal is also wired into the S-video jack along to the same pin as the chroma signal). Definitely try another cable if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarland Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Good to hear composite doesn't do it. Important to know that composite can blur the lines out, fyi. So a different s-video cable would still be needed to confirm your Lotharek cable is the cause. Both of my Lotharek s-video cables also give the hard vertical bars. Need to tell him his combo cable on NTSC machines do this. Edited February 7, 2020 by Sugarland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Sugarland said: Good to hear composite doesn't do it. Important to know that composite can blur the lines out, fyi. So a different s-video cable would still be needed to confirm your Lotharek cable is the cause. Both of my Lotharek s-video cables also give the hard vertical bars. Need to tell him his combo cable on NTSC machines does this. Composite works on the Lotharek cable but the difference in picture quality is night and day. Even with the lines the S-Video is so much better. Now I am digging through boxes and cabled to find my other Atari cables.. UPDATE: just found another cable and S-Video is much better. Still has the vertical lines but not as noticeable, so I just need to find a cable where the lines are gone Edited February 7, 2020 by videofx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff3125 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I ordered my Atari Din5 to S-Video cable here....... http://herculesworkshop.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-product-category.cgi?d=hercules-workshop&pc=15424 It's a dedicated cable (not an all-in-one), thick, well shielded and well made. My other cables were all-in-ones, thin as hell and very prone to RFI, this was a big improvement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I had an old S-Video (inc Audio connectors) to SCART off a VCR or DVD player, it looked well made, so I hacked off the SCART and bought a DIN plug off EBay and soldered it to the old SCART end, I'm using it on a LCD TV/Monitor and I get no bars. It is down to the quality of the shielding in the cable, the one I used, each cable had its own shield, I think cheaper ones will only have an outer shield around all the inner cores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 i think i read somewhere that one of the s-video connections ought to have a resistor on it but it is also known that picture quality can vary from screen to screen as these computers predate TFT technology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zork Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I got exactly same issues with Lotharek cable on NTSC machine! It appears his cable is not suited for NTSC boxes. Can anyone confirm that S-Video cable from 8bitclassics.com works good (without vertical bars)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, zork said: I got exactly same issues with Lotharek cable on NTSC machine! It appears his cable is not suited for NTSC boxes. I did a full review on this cable a while back, and discovered it has no shielding what-so-ever, which is particularly bad for S-video usage. 8 minutes ago, zork said: Can anyone confirm that S-Video cable from 8bitclassics.com works good (without vertical bars)? Although this cable is better, it only has a common shield for S-video. You would be far better off purchasing the Hercules cable mentioned earlier which has each and every signal wire individually shielded. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzspeed Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I believe it has been reported on these forums in the past that the Lotharek cable lacks individual shielding for the chroma and luma leads, resulting in the jailbar effect. Judging by the fact that it appears another cable has resolved the issue I guess the problem still exists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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