Component Video vs HDMI

[avholics]

If a 1080p display that has both Component Video and HDMI. Does this mean that the 1080p can be accepted by both Component Video or HDMI or does 1080p can only be transmitted over HDMI?

 

[Hi Ho]

Most 1080p TV's cannot accept a 1080p signal, period. Only recently have models been popping up that can accept 1080p. For those that can, it depends on the TV which inputs can accept 1080p

 

[Cobalt Cable]

If a 1080p display that has both Component Video and HDMI. Does this mean that the 1080p can be accepted by both Component Video or HDMI or does 1080p can only be transmitted over HDMI?

Most plasma/LCD have a component option, I would check the owners manual to see if the TV is setup to receive 1080i/p over its component jacks. For the sake of argument lets assume the TV does, it would also depend on the Cable/Satellite box the TV is connected to. There are some Cable and Satellite companies whose boxes don't have 1080i/p support over its component jacks.

If both do then yes you'll get the 1080i/p your TV can display. The argument of digital vs. analog comes into play only if you have a true digital TV. If you were using a DLP projector or HD-ILA etc, you would want to use a digital cable so no converting takes place.

 

[InTheIndustry]

Most plasma/LCD have a component option, I would check the owners manual to see if the TV is setup to receive 1080i/p over its component jacks. For the sake of argument lets assume the TV does, it would also depend on the Cable/Satellite box the TV is connected to. There are some Cable and Satellite companies whose boxes don't have 1080i/p support over its component jacks.

If both do then yes you'll get the 1080i/p your TV can display. The argument of digital vs. analog comes into play only if you have a true digital TV. If you were using a DLP projector or HD-ILA etc, you would want to use a digital cable so no converting takes place.

It is my understanding that 1080P is not available, nor have I read any plans that it will be available in the near future, from cable or Sat.

1080P is/will be only available through HDMI outputs from sources like HD DVD and BluRay. That's not to say that the future doesn't hold something different. It's just that that's the way it is right now (and probably will be long term since HDMI is the "big thing" due to it being HDCP compliant and component not).

The component video jacks on such players is so that they can be hooked up to display 1080i/720p should you choose or be forced into using the component connection. On a 1080i or 720P set, either compnent or HDMI will work. In terms of performance using either jacks on analog and digital signals (not including HD DVD or BluRay) some TV's perform better using the HDMI jacks and some TV's perform better using component. Processing changes from model to model, manufacturer to manufacturer.

Hi ho is correct in saying that oddly enough, the first 1080P televisions HDMI inputs will not accept 1080P. The component jacks are supposed to, but you can't use those to pass 1080p signal through because no source that I'm aware of sends 1080p through component cables. It truely is a case of round hole, square peg. I feel like manufacturer's (and uninformed sales people) duped the consumer on the first 1080p sets.