" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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I had to look up Component Video Inputs to see what they are .....

They are just RCA plugs.



No they are not. Well, yes the plugs are RCA, but the whole transmission
system is different. A basic primer:

Yellow "video" (composite) plug with RCA jacks are nothing more than
audio type wires and connectors. These are the ones that are packaged
with every audio/video device and are of the poorest quality in terms of
transmission of a video signal.

Higher quality video coaxial cable - RCA plugs again, but the wire is of
better quality, the dielectrics used are better, the shielding is better
and the resultant reactive impedance is more consistent. Much better
than the cheap "yellow" audio wires for video.

S-Video - DIN type connector - twisted pair of shielded wires for video
signal transmission - usually differentially inputted - better quality
transmission for video than both above.

Component cables. High quality RCA plugs - usually gold plated, but the
main difference is the video transmission scheme. Simply put, component
cables transmit the Blue, Green and Red components of the video signal
individually and are then recombined in the proper sync and levels at the
TV, monitor or whatever the video display is. By separating each drive
color, losses in the cables are compensated for. Best way to transmit
video.

HDMI - high quality lines for both video and digital audio. Basically,
mini coax versions of the component cables that allow for high bandwidth
signals with low loss or distortion.

Eisboch


You are a good man if you can tell the difference in picture quality when
using component cables vs. S-video.

Add a bad signal from the cable company or sat. TV provider and
poof.......

It is all hype........and all touted by the manufacturers and retailers.

And looking at the differences in prices...........I can understand why.

Hurry folks.............lookie see.......Jenuwine gold plating and
assembled only in kosher kitchens during a full moon. Git em while yew
can.. ;-)

I can see major difference when using component inputs, there is NO video
ringing and color saturation is better. Of course the better the TV the
more YOU can see the difference. With a non-HD or cheap HD TV it's hard to
see the difference.

I have seen NO difference between component cables (cheap to expensive)
doesn't mean their isn't, just I can't see the difference. Between
component to HDMI, a slight difference but that is always the difference in
the video converter (digital to analog). By the way a HDMI or DVI cable
carries the digital signal a component cable carries analog.