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S-VHS DA for Tivo?

need an S-VhS distribution amp to be able to feed my dss to the tv and tivo..
any one know of one reasonably priced?
thanks..

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www.markertek.com has one listed for about $100; I've been contemplating buying one as well, but I'd like to know if it's a quality unit.

Anyone else?

Brad

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Registered: Oct 1999
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Simple consumer-grade A/V distros (both S-video and composite) are nothing more than some apropriate jacks connected together with op-amp buffers. Since high quality op-amp chips are available for under a buck, there is really no reason for anyone to build an electronically 'crappy' model. The biggest difference between distros is going to be the box, the quality of the connectors, and the label on the front. Expect to pay 50-100 bucks more if you want one that has a regular internal power supply rather than a wall-wart.



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Originally posted by bsnelson:
www.markertek.com has one listed for about $100; I've been contemplating buying one as well, but I'd like to know if it's a quality unit.

Anyone else?

Brad

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Location: San Diego, CA USA
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Kramer DAs work and work well. They do sell them at Markertek and other local places.

I use their S-Vid to Composite transcoder in my line of work and have had exactly one fail out of almost 200 installed - it was the wall wart that died and calling up Kramer US (they are an Israeli company) got me a new one a few days later...

So the DA is good, try to buy it from somewhere else than Markertek though...

drewman

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