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HDMI VS Componet Video
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 |
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On Nov 20, 8:57*am, "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 You could have an HD TV but not be viewing any HD content. HDMI connections are also communication cable between component processors. (For instance, if you put a BluRay in your player, the TV will switch to HDMI (if it wasn't already). |
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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. HDMI is a digital interface. Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/A-A/D loss. Jon |
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On Nov 20, 9:15*am, "Jon Danniken"
wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/ A-A/D loss. Jon Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! |
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Bob Villa wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/A-A/D loss. Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! I thought I did that, "Bob". Which part are you having trouble understanding? Jon |
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On Nov 20, 9:50*am, "Jon Danniken"
wrote: Bob Villa wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. *Component video is an analog interface.. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/A-A/D loss. Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! I thought I did that, "Bob". *Which part are you having trouble understanding? Jon I'm not...but HE wants it explained...so, please aim a bit lower. ^L^ |
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Bob Villa wrote: On Nov 20, 9:50 am, "Jon Danniken" wrote: Bob Villa wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/A-A/D loss. Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! I thought I did that, "Bob". Which part are you having trouble understanding? Jon I'm not...but HE wants it explained...so, please aim a bit lower. ^L^ OK so what is a "High quality" HDMI cable consist of? They all say they are the best thing since sliced bread and the prices are all over the place. R |
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, Bob Villa wrote: On Nov 20, 9:15*am, "Jon Danniken" wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/ A-A/D loss. Jon Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! Uh, "digital" and "analog" *are* common terms. There wasn't anything obfuscating about Jon's comments. |
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On Nov 20, 10:23*am, Smitty Two wrote:
In article , *Bob Villa wrote: On Nov 20, 9:15 am, "Jon Danniken" wrote: HDMI is a digital interface. *Component video is an analog interface. Depending on your "cable box" and television, the quality of the A/D converters, and the quality of your cables, you may find either to provide a better image. Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/ A-A/D loss. Jon Drop the vernacular and explain in common terms...so he understands. Not so you can express or impress! Uh, "digital" and "analog" *are* common terms. There wasn't anything obfuscating about Jon's comments. Does this help explain anything? "Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/ A-A/D loss. " Simply...no! |
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, Bob Villa wrote: Does this help explain anything? "Generally, in an all digital train, you would use a high quality (NOT monster) HDMI interface, especially at higher resolutions, to avoid D/ A-A/D loss. " Simply...no! Sure it does. Read the subject line. Jon's advice is to keep a digital signal digital all the way through, IOW stay with HDMI. Changing digital to analog and then analog back to digital will degrade the signal. |
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"ROANIN" wrote:
What is the difference between HDMI and Component Video? If you are watching a DVD the program material (audio and video) are recorded as a series of 1/0 bits on the DVD. In the US, pre-HD TV was analog, so at some point those 1/0 bits had to be converted to analog to form lines and levels. Older analog TVs had three color guns - red, green and blue, so the 1/0 bits were separated into three analog streams. That's what component video is. Since no digital to analog conversion is perfect, there is always a little quality loss. Really good conversions had almost imperceptible loss, poor conversions had more. Digital TV changed all that. A video frame consists of picture elements known as pixels. Each pixel is represented by a collection of bits. The bits for each pixel define the color and intensity of that pixel. Those bits can be taken from the DVD and displayed with no analog conversion needed. Since bits can represent both audio and vidio information, it's no long necessary to have separate cables for each. The interface for connecting a digital device to a digital display is HDMI. For most consumers, the difference between a good component video and a digital signal is undetectible. However, Hollywood was not keen on having perfect digital copies of their content floating around the world, so they insisted that the interface between the DVD and HD TV be encrypted. In order to get the decryption keys, DVD and TV manufacturers had to agree to certain design standards that would theoretically protect the data from being copied. |
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On Nov 20, 8:57*am, "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 I would have thought a complete digital signal would have been better. Component is analog, Hdmi is digital with sound in one cable. Component was out before Hdmi. Somewhere in the chain something isnt optimised for Hdmi, maybe try a different cable box. |
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On Nov 20, 2:48*pm, ransley wrote:
On Nov 20, 8:57*am, "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 I would have thought a complete digital signal would have been better. Component is analog, Hdmi is digital with sound in one cable. Component was out before Hdmi. Somewhere in the chain something isnt optimised for Hdmi, maybe try a different cable box. And the component signal is converted to digital. Why do you think they started putting component outputs on DVD players? |
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On Nov 20, 3:24*pm, Ron wrote:
On Nov 20, 2:48*pm, ransley wrote: On Nov 20, 8:57*am, "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 I would have thought a complete digital signal would have been better. Component is analog, Hdmi is digital with sound in one cable. Component was out before Hdmi. Somewhere in the chain something isnt optimised for Hdmi, maybe try a different cable box. And the component signal is converted to digital. Why do you think they started putting component outputs on DVD players?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I said component is analog. |
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On Nov 20, 4:48*pm, ransley wrote:
On Nov 20, 3:24*pm, Ron wrote: On Nov 20, 2:48*pm, ransley wrote: On Nov 20, 8:57*am, "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 I would have thought a complete digital signal would have been better.. Component is analog, Hdmi is digital with sound in one cable. Component was out before Hdmi. Somewhere in the chain something isnt optimised for Hdmi, maybe try a different cable box. And the component signal is converted to digital. Why do you think they started putting component outputs on DVD players? I said component is analog. So is the RG7 cable that hooks up to your TV. I guess I missed your piont. |
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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 On my first 32" 1080i HDTV, the component input from the cable box was far superior to the digital output of the time - DVI (essentially HDMI minus audio). On my current 42" 1080p LCD as well as my 110" 1080p projector, they are equal in quality. So whether that's due to the signal quality limitations of the cable box - not revealing the supposed superiority of HDMI - or that there simply is no difference, I can't say. |
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On Nov 21, 2:46*am, "Bob(but not THAT Bob)"
wrote: 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 On my first 32" 1080i HDTV, the component input from the cable box was far superior to the digital output of the time - DVI (essentially HDMI minus audio). On my current 42" 1080p LCD as well as my 110" 1080p projector, they are equal in quality. So whether that's due to the signal quality limitations of the cable box - not revealing the supposed superiority of HDMI - or that there simply is no difference, I can't say. If I run my cable directly to my TV, my local HD channels look slightly better than they do through my HD DVR. Riddle me that....... |
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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 |
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Ned Flanders wrote: 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 OK Thanks group for all the good information. All I know is that when I hooked up the component connections they looked better than the HDMI 1.3b cable and the box did say "professional" on it so who knows. Will just leave it the way it is for now.. R |
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