"Scott Gardner" wrote in message Buy with.


A feature that I think *would* be a benefit to a lot of people
would be if the average "run of the mill" home theater receiver
could
convert composite video inputs into S-video outputs.

To use my system as an example, I had S-video outputs from my
TiVo and DVD player, but only a composite output from my VCR. Even
though I could connect all three components to my receiver, there
was
no way to make the VCR composite signal appear at the receiver's
S-video output. As a result, I had to connect both the S-video and
composite outputs from the receiver to the TV, and switch inputs at
the TV depending on whether I wanted to watch an S-video source or a
composite source. I got tired of that in a hurry and just got a
S-VHS
VCR that has an S-video output so I could eliminate all the
composite
connections entirely.

This problem could be solved easily at the TV set. Just make the set
so it switches to whichever input has a signal on it. Since only one
device is on at a time, only one input is active. An alternative is
to have a remote code to select which input is active. Most TV sets
currently have a toggle function to select the input; which input you
select depends on which one you are at when the button is pushed. If
each input has a unique code, it could be addressed by a universal
remote at the same time the source is selected. IOW, the problem is
easily solvable, but our Sonys and Panasonics of the world have not
seen fit to address it.

Norm Strong