Blu-Ray and non HD/HDMI Plasma

[polsol]

I'm contemplating buying a Blu-Ray player, more on the basis of buying BR disks (looking towards the future - whatever that might bring) than actual usefulness right now.
My Panasonic is a standard 42" Plasma, no HDMI and no HD (never mind 'ready').
I assume that I can connect the BR player via component with no problems but thought I'd just check.
My receiver is a Marantz 7002 so it can connect via HDMI both ways but won't convert from HDMI to component.

 

[bandphan]

What model panny?

 

[yepimonfire]

if it has componet video outputs the red, blue, green cables, that is a form of HD if im not mistaken, but it could also just be EDTV, for like prog, scan or something. if you are talking about the yellow single cable like composite video, then you can connect it that way. if i am correct about the componet video cables and you try to send an HD signal to an SD or ED tv it will not fit on the screen correctly.

 

[bandphan]

if it has componet video outputs the red, blue, green cables, that is a form of HD if im not mistaken, but it could also just be EDTV, for like prog, scan or something. if you are talking about the yellow single cable like composite video, then you can connect it that way. if i am correct about the componet video cables and you try to send an HD signal to an SD or ED tv it will not fit on the screen correctly.

Not if its not able to accept the signal. You cant send a 1080i or 720p signal to display that doesnt recognize that format.

 

[j_garcia]

Not if its not able to accept the signal. You cant send a 1080i or 720p signal to display that doesnt recognize that format.

And that is what he needs to find out - does it accept 1080i/720p. If so, then component will work.

 

[polsol]

Hi,

Model is a Pana TH-42PA50M.
Scanning format is 1080i @ 50 or 60Hz.
Input signal for component as per manual:
Frequencies are 28.13 H @ 50 kHz and 33.75 kH @ 60 Hz
Vertical frequencies as per the supply frequency.

Thanks for the help!

 

[bandphan]

Hi,

Model is a Pana TH-42PA50M.
Scanning format is 1080i @ 50 or 60Hz.
Input signal for component as per manual:
Frequencies are 28.13 H @ 50 kHz and 33.75 kH @ 60 Hz
Vertical frequencies as per the supply frequency.

Thanks for the help!

Your good with the purchase. Set the output resolution to 1080i in BRP.

 

[Seth=L]

You might be surprised to know that 1080i is HD. PS3's and all current Blu-ray players support up to 1080i HD over component video, so you are all set.

I was pretty sure that Panasonic stayed away from Plasma during the EDTV Plasma stage that Zenith and other companies went through.

 

[yepimonfire]

Not if its not able to accept the signal. You cant send a 1080i or 720p signal to display that doesnt recognize that format.

component outputs are analog, any TV with component inputs will accept the signal, component video was first used to supply 480p signals aka prog. scan dvd players to an EDTV, i have hooked component outputs to an EDTV before but sent an HDTV signal to it, it did exactly what i just said it would do, did not fit on the screen.

 

[j_garcia]

component outputs are analog, any TV with component inputs will accept the signal, component video was first used to supply 480p signals aka prog. scan dvd players to an EDTV, i have hooked component outputs to an EDTV before but sent an HDTV signal to it, it did exactly what i just said it would do, did not fit on the screen.

Unfortunately you missed one key part there: if the TV cannot display 1080i or 720p, then when you send a 1080i or 720p signal to it, it will display nothing. Fitting the screen is a completely separate matter and has nothing to do with the resolution of the signal. EDTVs were either 720p or 762p and scale anything to that resolution, so anything lower will work. For a set that is only capable of 480i/480p, you won't get anything.

 

[yepimonfire]

sure, a real life tangible experience never happened and i was hallucinating, no i dont think so...... what it did was it looked like it was way zoomed in.........

 

[j_garcia]

In the OP's case, it will work. In your case with the EDTV it wasn't capable of handling the signal properly, and that is what is being said here. Nobody said you didn't see what you did. There is another member on here who got a PS3 and his display would only play 1080i not 720p, so when he sent a 720p signal to it, it was blank.

 

[yepimonfire]

ok well what i was saying was if the tv had the inputs, but was not an HDTV, thats what may happen because the same thing happened to me.

 

[j_garcia]

Usually with an EDTV though, you can set the player to 480i/480p and the set will upscale it to the native panel resolution (which is what all EDTVS and most HDTVs do anyway).

 

[yepimonfire]

ah well i was just playing around with a friends TV seeing if the EDTV could display the HD signal coming from the box ( of course i knew it wouldnt be HD but wanted to see if the picture would come through)

 

[polsol]

Thanks to all

Many thanks to the respondents. It's greatly appreciated to receive your help.
One more question though, the Pana is circa 4 years old but still has a resolution of 1080i although it's not an *HD* TV.
So what is the difference then? Is it just a matter that the TV will interpolate the 1080i and show 720i? Suppose this would be called 'downscaling'?

 

[bandphan]

component outputs are analog, any TV with component inputs will accept the signal, component video was first used to supply 480p signals aka prog. scan dvd players to an EDTV, i have hooked component outputs to an EDTV before but sent an HDTV signal to it, it did exactly what i just said it would do, did not fit on the screen.

Thanks Ill study up on all this display stuff OH MAJOR

 

[bandphan]

it cant show a better solution in HDTV 1080i for a 720i show.will be remain 720i.

Whats 720i