nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 7m 2d Location: Perth WA Posted 19/03/07 09:46 AM Share Posted 19/03/07 09:46 AM mate there virtually will no noticeable difference between a decent set of quality component cables and a HDMI cable, maybe if you could split a screen in half with 1 half comp and 1 hdmi you could notice but otherwise I doubt it..Hdmi is good though cause 1 cable does everything instead of 4 !!!Does your TV display 1080p, or downscale to 1080i??←Big fat hairy bollox A very noticeable difference in picture quality!!!!!I noticed a big difference just going up a model in my Harmon Kardon DVD player. Then to HDMI was a big jump again.. Next your gonna tell me NTSC is just as good ←im yet to hook up anything in my theatre room (8months so fcking far, f*ck renos!! haha) so I dont have 1st hand comparison experience, but ive trawled the web and read both variations of opinions..I could see a HDMI cable being better quality on a HDMI equipped 1080p capable display, but not a 60" LCD rear pro without HDMI?????which HK dvd player did you get?? im after one to match my HK receiver but havent checked any out yet - does it upscale?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Donating Members 4,354 Member For: 20y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/03/07 10:15 AM Share Posted 19/03/07 10:15 AM As I understand it there are two advantages to HDMI:Its a digital cable It transmits audio as well as video.Enlightning hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRT8U Member 503 Member For: 20y 5m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/03/07 10:27 AM Author Share Posted 19/03/07 10:27 AM ok so at the end of the days is this converter worth the $250 or not!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robit28 Member 385 Member For: 19y 2m 26d Location: Brisbane Posted 19/03/07 10:49 AM Share Posted 19/03/07 10:49 AM I would save the money and put it towards a tv with HDMI in the future.Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiboart Member 665 Member For: 20y 10d Posted 19/03/07 11:18 AM Share Posted 19/03/07 11:18 AM ok so at the end of the days is this converter worth the $250 or not!??←No.The point about HDMI is that the signal is digital all the way from the storage media to the display's processor. (Some may argue that the point about HDMI is the copy protection...) You can let the DVD player do the conversion to analogue or you can send the converter a (HDMI) digital signal from the DVD player and it will do the conversion to analogue.In both cases, you are still feeding an analogue signal into the TV.Further, the DVD player, especially a high quality DVD player is likely to do a far better job of the D-A conversion than the eBay box.Regards,aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6 Member 96 Member For: 20y 29d Posted 19/03/07 05:51 PM Share Posted 19/03/07 05:51 PM Just remember that there are a number of HDMI versions. I understand that up to about a year ago, TVs with HDMI inputs did not include HDCP (HD copy protection). So they won't play back HD content from a Xbox 360 or PS3.Can anyone tell me what resolution Xbox 360 games are - is it HD?I'd wait if I were you. TVs keep getting cheaper and maybe the dust will settle on the whole HD content thing in the next year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skooby Donating Members 398 Member For: 18y 8m 7d Location: Phillip Island Posted 19/03/07 08:31 PM Share Posted 19/03/07 08:31 PM Most 360 games are at 720p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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