The S-Video picture that I get from my DVD player is so distorted that you can just barely tell there is some type of picture there. I have a Denon AVR-3300, new and never used, that the DVD player is connected to at the S-Video input connector for DVD, with the DVD player labeled in the 3300 as coax, and the S-Video output of the 3300 is connected to my TV. The S-Video cable works fine when the DVD player is connected directly to my TV, and I get a great picture, so it would seem the cable itself is okay. I also have a VHS-VCR connected to the VCR input side of the 3300 using a composite cable, which then is connected to my TV from the composite out connection at the 3300. The VCR works fine, and I get a very nice picture. Could the problem be that I can't use both the S-video and Composite outputs of the 3300, and that everything (video connections) has to be either S-Video or Composite, but not both? If this is the case, then the 3300 must default to Composite, and that is why my VCR works. I guess another thing could be that there is something wrong with the 3300's S-Video circuitry, but I really hope that is not the case. The darn Denon people won't respond to my email, so hopefully someone here can help me out. Any suggestions?