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--- Quote from: Malenko on April 16, 2010, 07:13:06 pm --- much better then composite but not nearly as good as component.

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You know I was actually wondering something about this...  I picked up a broken rear projection big screen a little while back and fixed it up.  It has component input but with the little testing that I did (hooking up an XBOX and trying different outputs) I've come to the conclusion that even through the component input it will only do 480i.  You read that right, it won't even do 480p!  I didn't have a whole lot of time to examine it further so I'm not sure how much better it is (vs S-Vid that is) so I'm just wondering if there really will be much of a difference.

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My 27" tube TV that I use for gaming is like that. I've never even thought of trying it with a PC though...

DJ_Izumi:

I think you'll find that the vast, vast majority of SDTVs with component input only support 480i.  Though a projector is suprising, assuming they're LCD projectors they're almost always primarily progressive rather than interlaced.  ...Which is why interlaced signals don't look none too good on them.

Malenko:

I tested all 3 inputs on my SDTV thats in my KI2 cab. the component let me run 800x600 480i otherwise

Epyx:


--- Quote ---I think you'll find that the vast, vast majority of SDTVs with component input only support 480i
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True, I had this on my 27" Sony Wega but it still looked *much* better than S-Video on the same tv.

Imo S-Video looks terrible and is only passable if you haven't experienced anything else. If you have nothing to compare it against sure it looks *ok*...but honestly against anything better its pretty terrible.  If my only choice was S-Video or Composite I would just go with an LCD monitor and D3D.  

DJ_Izumi:

I don't think S-Video is that bad.  I'm on S-Video on my 27" Trinitron right now because my SDTV digital cable box only supports S-Video as it's best output.  Though the Xbox is on component inputs instead.  I think S-Video is vastly better than composite and is pretty passable, though component is superior.  At least both lack the uglyness of 'Composite Dot Craw'.

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