HDMI vs. Componet Video, noticeable difference?

007 said:

Dont get upconverting confused with accepting any input. Most tvs will accept any signal (720p tvs will accept 1080i for example) but it doesn't mean they are doing anything special. When displaying lower res they just display it in their native resolution with blocky pixels. An up-converting player extrapolates and actually tries to fill in information to use the full resolution of the display.

Upconverting DVD players are not that expensive any more. Mine up-converts to 1080p and looks fantastic. You can press a button to jump through from 480p (DVD native) to 720p to 1080i to 1080p. Its amazing how much better the upconverted 1080p dvd looks.

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Dusstbuster said:

Whatever you do just don't EVER EVER EVER buy cables from Best Buy. That is their #1 moneymaking product. Employees can get them for $8, they sell them for $50+

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san~man said:

Or, better yet, buy the best cable they sell ( a $200.00+ Monster), and buy a monoprice cable for $5.00.

Compare the two, then return the Monster

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Dusstbuster said:

Whatever you do just don't EVER EVER EVER buy cables from Best Buy. That is their #1 moneymaking product. Employees can get them for $8, they sell them for $50+

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1992 2.3LX said:

how do you figure they are superior??
The only thing better about them is that they are an audio cable aswell.

If you want to get technical I would argue that a component cable is far superior.
A component cable sends a true raw signal. What goes in is what comes out (when using a quality cable)
On the other hand when using HDMI what goes in one side is broken down and when it hits the other end and is put back together. Therefore giving you three opportunities to loose or get an altered orignal signal.

I would by no means call it superior.

And call you cable company. That's where I got my HDMI to HDMI and HDMI to DVI cables and they were free.

When buying digital cables you don't have to be as picky as with your analog cables because there is less room for intereference.

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