thoff said:
Hi All,
This is my first post here though I have perused the site a bit and learned quite a lot. My question in this: I have a 20" Sony TV with a Component video connection. As the TV display is limited to an interlaced image, is there any benefit to connecting my DVD player with component cables over composite?
-thoff
Yes,
DVD stores a component video signal in digital format. Component signal is also referred to as a YPbPr or YCbCr signal. The Y component of this signal is the black and white information. The Pb and Pr signals are colour difference signals
Composite, this is the lowest quality form of video transport, all the information for the signal is downconverted(combined) and sent over a single cable and has to be separated at the display end to make the picture
Component, since component is the native video format that is stored on DVD, this is also the best format to use to display the picture, if your equipment is capable of dealing with this type of signal.
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