S-Video to Y/C cables - they do exist

[Matt_H]

Can't remember which thread it was in, but there was a discussion a few weeks ago about breaking an S-Video cable into its component signals or vice versa. I think someone was getting ready to wire up his own cable, but lo and behold, I came across this on retail shelves today. You could use this to plug an S-Video device into a 1084S, or, with some gender changers, to plug a C64 into a slightly more modern display.

[Matt_H]

@ magnetic

Guess I wasn't following that thread closely enough

Still, I suppose the more places this info is posted, the better. It definitely seems like there was a long period in popular electronics culture where Y/C was completely forgotten. I wonder what popular devices are out there these days that warrant mass production of these cables?

[Matt_H]

Until HD video became the standard, s-video was the best analog video standard short of 15khz RGB. At the pro video level it tended to be called Y/C while consumer equipment labled it s-video or s-vhs.  A few years ago, all my video gear was s-video. These days it's hdmi/dvi and I use the analog s-video outs to feed my Toaster through a Kitchen Sync.

Oh, I know, I just thought everything post-1996 used S-Video mini-DIN rather than Y/C RCA plugs. I'm surprised to see a converter cable in an actual brick and mortar store these days.