Denial

What's your opinion on the video quality you're getting with the svideo mod compared to a SCART adapter output.
Currently I have the SCART cable, as my soldering skills are lacking, but the picture quality is quite lacking. I remember it was quite bad even back in the 80s with my colour tv, but I wonder if there's something I can do about it. There are some videos on Youtube of guys with VICs who get a very nice clean output on their TVs.
I'm very grateful for any tips!

S-Video is definitely the way to go, but you have to make sure your output device actually supports it. Lot of newer TVs don't. Either way, even doing the S-Video-mod and then converting that signal back to composite gives a better quality than the composite-signal the VIC originally produces.

Also, scart is just a physical cabling standard.

SCART can carry RGB, s-video and composite signals to suitably wired monitors.

Thank you for your thoughts!
Would replacing the capacitors with new ones also have a chance of improving the picture?

naujoks wrote:Thank you for your thoughts!
Would replacing the capacitors with new ones also have a chance of improving the picture?

No, it would not.

naujoks wrote:What's your opinion on the video quality you're getting with the svideo mod compared to a SCART adapter output.
Currently I have the SCART cable, as my soldering skills are lacking, but the picture quality is quite lacking. I remember it was quite bad even back in the 80s with my colour tv, but I wonder if there's something I can do about it. There are some videos on Youtube of guys with VICs who get a very nice clean output on their TVs.
I'm very grateful for any tips!

You don't have to be great at soldering. Post a pic of your VIC-I chip and we will guide you through it.