SVIDEO Enabled Freeview Box

[petrolhead]

Anyone have any suggestions which Freeview boxes are SVIDEO enabled>

I want to improve on my current old ON-Digital box wich only outputs RGB and Composite which I sometime use thro my projector. The svideo is free on the PJ

Not wanting to spend a fortune

 

[philipb]

AFAIK only Sky+ has a dedicated s-video out. The Netgem scart can be configured to output s-video. Don't know about any others.

You could buy one of John Sims boxes which splits a RGB scart in between a RGB scart out and a s-video scart out. About the same price as a decent freeview box.

 

[bobones]

Sony, Pioneer and Philips all can do s-video from both scarts. The Sony needs the latest software though. I believe the Humax and probably several others do s-video too.

 

[peahead]

I have a humax f2-fox t freeview box and it has a dedicated s-video output .very good box too.

 

[clayts450]

Thomson DVT1100 (£99 Argos)/Grundig GRP6000 both have one too - good quality too

 

[clayts450]

Forgot to add - includes a R2 DVD player (no region hack found yet )

 

[hornydragon]

PACE TWIN??? loads of S-vid boxes now available
NEW HUMAX PVR has 2 scarts both S-video and RGB enabled Well woth it IMO as not only can you record but play back on either system!

http://www.humaxdigital.com/products/new_leaflet/pvr-8000_l.pdf
http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/ProductSearch/index.asp

 

[petrolhead]

I have a Pace Twin but this for another room and I do not want to spent that much

 

[common]

Go for a Pioneer £100 freeview box and use a scart to svideo cable - that's what I did - good results

 

[petrolhead]

Which Pioneers? The one fron R Sounds Pioneer DBRTF100GB

 

[petrolhead]

Reading the manual for the Pioneer DBRTF100GB it seems that both scarts are S-Video enabled.

This would allow me to watch on the TV via RGB and the PJ via S_Video. Do you think I will notice an improvement over composite which is what I am using at the mo with my pace box?