brokenarrow1 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Just wondering what is the better connection to come from a HD Receiver to a Hitachi projection TV. ARe Component cables or DVI -HDMI cables better for picture quality. The TV has the DVI connection and the Satellite REc has the hdmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 The highest resolution that component cables will carry is 480P. If you have 720P or 1080i high definition material, you will need to use HDMI. HDMI is a work in progress, so I am avoiding it until there is a standard that isn't likely to have major changes in it. There will be no high def DVD players for me till the format war is decided. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Mr. MCGoo, I must differ with you on this. Component (RGB) will carry HD Signals of 480p, 720p and 1080i. The difference between component and hdmi is component is analog and is converted to digital and hdmi is digital to digital. But both are capable of the same resolutions. For HD I have an RCA H10 HD Receiver, not the best HD receiver but does the job quite well. I have both the HDMI and Component cables running to my Infocus SP4805. I run both in my setup and to be honest I cannot tell the difference in picture quality in the 720p or 1080i. In fact I prefer 720p over 1080i and there are many that agree with this.. You are correct that they still have not worked all the bugs out of HDMI, especially with the audio portion of HDMI. There is plenty of discussions on this over on the AVS forum if anyone is interested. scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Scooter, Some clarification: My understanding is that HD-DVD will not allow resolutions greater than 480P over component cables. Over the air tuners can be send HD signals over component cables. Hence, there is advertising that component switching can carry frequencies up to 100 Mhz. Content owners seem to be headed in the direction of tryng to limit HD to HDMI to limit copying. Personally, it is not worth it to me to have the evening news in HD. Sports are a different matter etc. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally flick Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 There is a long running post (42 pages and counting) over on HTF concerning the HD-DVD being HDMI only issue. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Its hard to tell, maybe just an illusion, but I prefer (just a bit) the DVI to HDMI output out of my Dish 811 over the component HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Use HDMI or DVI over component if your monitor supports it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Mr McGoo, Yes you are correct on the HD DVD for cables but were not there yet. I was just answering the original question Scooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I am not too worried about it as I use the analog to component conversion cable (36 ft length) to view 1080i on my Sony HDTV (tube type) from the MY-HD-120 video tuner card. I also have a DVI cable (36ft length) and the quality is for all practical purposes the same. The HDMI cable was invented to contain the audio and picture to replace the DVI cable which is only picture. It also has smaller connectors for running cables through the walls. The HDMI cable from what I can see was to help installers, faster.The DVI connector requires a hole over 1.5 inches. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I have had DVD on the brain with all of the changes that will take place later this year or next year. Until the HDMI interface stabilizes, my own system will stay with the component cables. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Scooter, Some clarification: My understanding is that HD-DVD will not allow resolutions greater than 480P over component cables. Over the air tuners can be send HD signals over component cables. Hence, there is advertising that component switching can carry frequencies up to 100 Mhz. Content owners seem to be headed in the direction of tryng to limit HD to HDMI to limit copying. Personally, it is not worth it to me to have the evening news in HD. Sports are a different matter etc. Bill The only reason for those limits is the DVD Consortium and their chokehold on the electronics industry. Remember the debacle with the Zenith 318b? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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