Monster Cable S-Video S-Video Adapter (CSVA-1)

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Summary: Monster Cable is the best!
Review: Monster cable does provide superior sound quality, My stereo system would be a heap of junk without the cables, You can Trust Monster Cable.

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Summary: A/V System Wiring Simplified!
Review: Richard J Greene's comments (below) are a little misleading. Let's be clear, Monster's passive composite to S-Video converter does not improve the quality of one's VHS source material. Richard's DVD analogy is erroneous since DVD video is stored with separate chroma and luminance signals to begin with and benefits greatly from an S-Video link so that the two remain independent. Conversely, the composite output of a DVD player is a compromised combination of the two.

But what the CSVA-1 does do is allow receiver based systems (where sources are switched by the receiver) to use just one S-Video link from receiver to TV. As receivers don't usually have the ability to convert composite signals to S-Video, if a system includes composite components such as a VHS VCR, when they're selected video is not routed to the TV unless a second, composite, receiver to TV connection is in place.

For this reason alone the Monster converter is indispensable, it allows S-Video to be used throughout a system and greatly simplifies A/V switching and wiring schemes.

Rating:
Summary: A/V System Wiring Simplified!
Review: Richard J Greene's comments (below) are a little misleading. Let's be clear, Monster's passive composite to S-Video converter does not improve the quality of one's VHS source material. Richard's DVD analogy is erroneous since DVD video is stored with separate chroma and luminance signals to begin with and benefits greatly from an S-Video link so that the two remain independent. Conversely, the composite output of a DVD player is a compromised combination of the two.

But what the CSVA-1 does do is allow receiver based systems (where sources are switched by the receiver) to use just one S-Video link from receiver to TV. As receivers don't usually have the ability to convert composite signals to S-Video, if a system includes composite components such as a VHS VCR, when they're selected video is not routed to the TV unless a second, composite, receiver to TV connection is in place.

For this reason alone the Monster converter is indispensable, it allows S-Video to be used throughout a system and greatly simplifies A/V switching and wiring schemes.

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Summary: Makes the difference
Review: With the use of the S-Video Adapter I am now able to enjoy other video sources, like TV and VHS in great picture quality. I couldn't imagine watching VHS without it. Especially since I own a DVD player and saw the difference with it's S-Video connection. This is worth the buy.