Customer Reviews

S-video Cable - 6 ft

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I would have to agree what everyone has said about this product:

- Its a decent price for a S-Video
- The quality is slightly above average
- Its by a brand name company
- You get what you pay for
- Good purchase if your willing to save some money for a decent product

I hooked this S-Video up to my Digital Cable Box (not expecting it to be significantly better than the Coax Cable) and and could tell the difference in dark scenes and in color variables.

And at the same time, nothing to complain about the product

This review refers to Phillips 6ft S-Video Cable

I find myself switching up my video equipment a couple of times a year, upgrading to whatever new is coming out. VHS, DVD Player, DVD recorder(which also plays DVDs and CDs), and most recently a combo VHS/DVD player unit. I need all my connections to get video output. I don't have progressive scan on the TV I used this cable. So I'm using my antenna connection, a straight to TV connection and an S-video for the connection where I want the best picture(for viewing films), with the various components . If I was to rate this product solely on the video quality it gives, I probably would go 5 stars. Clarity and signal strength is excellent and one of the best in it's price range. Also, the cable wire and outer shield are are heavy duty and and long lasting.

S-Video connections, unlike the colored wires and hook-ups that usually come with the piece of equipment(I've got a drawer full of those) must be bought separately. They are not just straight plug ins. They have a specific shape and configuration of the outer shield and inner prong connectors. These inner wires are the ones where my problem came in. Although I thought I was being super gentle, they bend and break easily if they are not lined up perfectly going in. I think this happened around my third change over.

I've been surfing around to order a new one, and found that theses cables are a much better buy here then directly from the stores. I stopped in Circuit City yesterday, and almost choked when I saw the difference.
So it's worth surfing around here, reading the reviews of the various brands and qualities. The shipping cost can sometimes run as high as the cable itself, so check with those outside sellers, some have really good deals.


Happy Viewing....Laurie

I use this to connect my pc to my large HD tv so that I have a huge monitor that works great for gaming and watching videos and movies online.

I was looking for a decent quality S-video cable without paying what I felt were the ridiculous prices I found on so many. This cable was just needed to connect a small TV in the bedroom with a RF Modulator and a new Zenith HD Upconversion DVD player. This cable was very inexpensive but looks like a quality cable. I was a little disappointed on the TV picture quality when everything was connected. What I found interesting was picture quality improved when I used the (supposed) lesser quality composite connection instead of the S-Video. This may have nothing at all to do with the S-Video cable and may be related to the cheap TV or new DVD player. I'll just wait and try it when needed on some other connection.

Just what I wanted, price was good. This is for my spare DVD players
going to Generic TV's, that I wanted a good picture from the DVD on.
I did not want to get high end cables for the bedroom, but did not want
to buy junk either. I think the cable gives you what you pay for, if you
go cheaper, then you get cheaper cables, it's not worth saving 5 bucks.
Then again the bedroom TV is not worth wasting 75 bucks on either like
the cables on my 7.1 system.

I bought this from ClearAV but it clearly is not the cable shown in the picture and it is not Philips. It is however, a S-video cable, black in color. Bait and switch - perhaps. I will avoid buying from this vender (ClearAV) in the future.

When I order an item that says it is Philips, I expect it to be Philips. I also expect it to look like the item pictured.

For the price this really is a good performing cable. The construction is top knotch and I have not had any issues with its picture performance. Would recommend.

The product would not work I have spent over 6 hours and looked on different websites for help to no avail. Maybe next time I better buy from somewhere I can return the item without shipping it back.

I did as the instructions asked I guess I will have to keep this cable and try to have a techie to figure this out personally. Its a shame it looked simple enough. I consider myself experienced with these things by now.

The error I am reading:
The computer cannot send the signal through the cable to the Television.
(The computer does recognize the TV)
Then what happens when you try to fix it by setting the TV as a monitor is you get blue screen (hardware failure)

This S-Video cable from Philips was just what I needed. It provides a better picture quality than the standard RCA cable and is an inexpensive upgrade. Use this cord if you own a fairly new DVD player and TV. Some laptops also sport an S-Video output (e.g. Dell) which will allow you to play videos directly through your TV.

Compare with big stores this is the same device for a more than reasonable price. I'll recommned it.