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Composite Video
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Composite video is the most common form of video connection found today, and as its name implies, the entire video signal is combined and sent down a single two-wire lead which is usually terminated with a yellow RCA phono plug. Because the signal is combined together, the differents signal components interact with each other on the wire and distortions can arise. Usually this lead is bunched together with white and red terminated leads which carry the audio signal from the source equipment.
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S-Video
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S-video improves on composite video by carrying chrominance information on its own 2-wire lead separate from the lead carrying the luminance and sync information. S-Video connections are usually terminated using 4-pin DIN connectors. The audio signal is still carried separately.
The Arcam DiVA DV88 offers S-video output connections for superb image quality when combined with image production equipment that accepts S-video input connecitons.
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Component Video
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Better than either of the above two options is component video. Here the luminance and sync information is still carried down a single lead (the leads all being coax), but chrominance is broken into two difference signals: blue minus yellow (Pb) and red minus yellow (Pr). The terminations are usually RCA phono connectors.
The Arcam DiVA DV88 offers component video output connections for superb image quality when combined with image production equipment that accepts YPbPr input connecitons.
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RGB Video
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The highest quality is achieved through RGB connections.
The Arcam DiVA DV88 offers RGB video output using a SCART connector for superb image quality when combined with image production equipment that accepts RGB input connecitons.
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