Worth upgrading ot component?
- Thread starter JonnyT
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Strictly speaking RGB (via SCART) is a purer signal whereas Component has to be processed inside the TV back to RGB before the picture is displayed.
The flip side is that DVD signals begin life stored as a digital component data stream, and are then processed to form analogue RGB or Component video.
Analogue RGB will always be in interlaced format from a SCART on a DVD player, so the TV is then responsible for deinterlacing and scaling. Analogue component can be interlaced or progressive. Some TVs respond well to a progressive signal, while others work better with interlaced.
So there's really no right or wrong answer. It depends on the quality of the outputs on the player and the quality of the inputs on the TV. After that, and presuming each input is correctly adjusted for the major picture settings, then the differences could be down to Gamma settings (shadow detail retrieval) and colour tracking accuracy....and personal preference
You just have to try it and see. Just make sure you try with a set of 75 Ohm video cables rather than the crappy Yellow White & Red freebie leads. If nothing else the experiment will be fun and for less than the cost of a takeaway pizza it's a cheap night in
The flip side is that DVD signals begin life stored as a digital component data stream, and are then processed to form analogue RGB or Component video.
Analogue RGB will always be in interlaced format from a SCART on a DVD player, so the TV is then responsible for deinterlacing and scaling. Analogue component can be interlaced or progressive. Some TVs respond well to a progressive signal, while others work better with interlaced.
So there's really no right or wrong answer. It depends on the quality of the outputs on the player and the quality of the inputs on the TV. After that, and presuming each input is correctly adjusted for the major picture settings, then the differences could be down to Gamma settings (shadow detail retrieval) and colour tracking accuracy....and personal preference
You just have to try it and see. Just make sure you try with a set of 75 Ohm video cables rather than the crappy Yellow White & Red freebie leads. If nothing else the experiment will be fun and for less than the cost of a takeaway pizza it's a cheap night in
Component does normally give the best picture (excluding HDMI)... plus now as we are talking analogue cable quality is important. Cheaper leads are no good....and cheap scart leads are very poor.
I always used Mark Grant leads... If you need some PM me as I have some left over.
I always used Mark Grant leads... If you need some PM me as I have some left over.