ROANIN wrote:
What is the difference between HDMI and Component Video. I recently bought
an HDMI cable and hooked it up from my cable box to my HD TV. It was not a
MONSTER cable as they are stupidly overpriced etc. It was just a normal one.
The results as viewed by myself and my wife was that the Component video
source from the cable box looks just as good if not better than the HDMI
feed. ( these component cables were left with my by Time Warner when they
delivered the HD DVR) Any explanations or opinions on this.

Thanks,

R


Others have explained the difference between HDMI and Component video,
so I will pass, but will give you my 2 cents on a problem my dad and I
ran into.

1) The manufacture of my TV has an option that allows the entertainment
system to predict what I need and turn on or off things like BlueRay and
the Amp when using HDMI. I hated this so I disabled the option.

2) In our area we (both my dad and I) were having a little problem once
in a while with momentary drops in signal. When using HDMI the screen
would go blank for 10 - 20 seconds while the TV and Cable Box
reestablished a connection. I switched both systems to Component Video
from the cable box only and I no longer get the blank screen as the blip
in the signal is often hardly noticeable. I still connect to my BlueRay
using HDMI and to my Amp using optical.

YMMV