Can anyone explain the s-video connection on my HDD & TV I have been having probs with my AV channel,LGTV?

Question

Can anyone tell me if I can connected my HDD to my TV via s-video? If so how do I do this - with s-video alone. I would also like to know about the Pr Py etc connections and what they do?

I have been having probs with my AV channel on my LG LCD TV I have tried to download a manual as I cant locate mine right now and I have treid to contact the company but no luck as yet. I have a black screen. i did this once b4 accidentally pressed something on the remote and it took me a day or so to figure out to press two buttons on the remote.to restore my AV channel. I can't remember what I did back then when it first happened and I fixed it accidentally too. I have lost my AV channel.for a couple of days now and cant use my HDD unless i figure something out.

Thanks for all your help people it is appreciated and u dont get to tell ppl on here much :D.
Can anyone explain what the s-video and also the pr py etc sockets do and if i can input my HDD through these instead?

Answer 1

S-Video is a two-wire cable for black/white and Chroma signals.
It will only pass STANDARD Definition signals to your TV.

YPbPr is a three-wire component signal. It passes grayscale and separate color-difference signals. Use a component cable if you want to input an HD signal from your set-top to your TV.

The remote should have a key called Input or Source or something similar. use it to switch among the input sources in your TV.

Go to http://www.lge.com/support/main.jhtml for your manuals

Answer 2

Here's a little bit more. The S-video cable provides better video quality than the common yellow RCA video plug, but not as good as component inputs which send different parts of the video simultaneously through green, blue, and red RCA plugs. The latest and greatest connection is the HDMI cable which is only available on the best equipment right now.