After discovering that in our relatively recent conversion to digital TV, the tech installed a STB that only provided for composite out (Sony X series 1080p TV).

Just had that upgraded to the S-video version.  But ...

I cannot see any improvement in image quality whatsoever - still get jpeg type interference pattern around text etc.

New STB has 1x composite out + 1x S-video, instead of 2x composite out on the back of the original STB. Otherwise the units look identical.

Very easy to switch between S-video and composite, and I see no difference.  Even got the tech to put the old one back to check - still no difference.

Is this smoke & mirrors trickery to appease complaints by providing an "S-video" STB ..  ie. possible that they are internally the same but with the second composite out connected to an S-video socket?


To compound things the tech then forgot to reload the forward program data - will have to get that sorted tech support tomorrow.