What resolution does Component offer?

Question

I heard they were high difinition, is this true? I tried the component cable's through my DVD player and I didn't see any difference in picture quality, so other then that, what is the normal resolution for component?

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Answer 1

normal resolution of DVD disc is 480 lines, what ever cable you use to connect your player to the TV still will show 480 lines only.

different between RCA cables and component cables is how they handle the color seperation. component seperate the colors into R-G-B while normal RCA bundle into one single yellow cable.
the depth, sharpness and clarity of the color will be different comparing RCA cable and Component.

The current trend is using HDMI which digitally transmit the video and sound.

Answer 2

as far as my knowledge serves me, this is what i know.

DVD is never High Definition. However it is possible to get near-HD quality -- but in my personal opinion those claims are possible with significant investments.

Through component you can have 480/720/1080 i/p. Now it depends on your dvd player as to what it can deliver. Please note that most dvds are encoded at 480 so the max u can get is 480p. NOTE: There are some HK DVD's that play at 720p.
So with your normal dvd player you can achieve 480p.

However with an upconverting dvd player you can achieve (theoretically) 1080p. With the XBOX modded ide, videos can be upconverted to 1080p and some claim to have done so with the XBOX 360 as well. NOTE: i have used the xbox and the upconverting dvd players (helios, maya,samsung etc) and frankly the difference in quality is minimal. If you really want to upconvert, a better option is to get a video processor from DVDo etc. lots of good ones out there in the market.

Also note, some of the tv's have internal video processors/scalers/line doublers that do the processing internally. So, you can notice a significant difference there because the processing can happen inside the tv. From my guess, because you didnt see a significant difference in quality, it could be either
a. Your tv has internal scaling/doubling capabilities and your dvd's are already being upconverted.
or
b. you component cables are not upto the mark.
or
c. check the connections.

because there is normally a significant difference between component and S-video(the one with the pins)/ composite(RCA).

Just get on google and do a search on the various scanning formats and techniques and you should find a lot of info.

Answer 3

Component can support all of the resolutions used in DVD and HDTV. Component video at equivalent resolutions should be higher quality than either composite or s-video for two reasons:

1) The color information presented in the component signal is unmodulated, and is not deteriorated by the demodulation necessary with s-video and composite signals. This should show up as less color bleeding and no "dot crawl" visible at the edges of highly colored areas (especially red).

2) If the TV is designed to handle HDTV, the component video channels will have higher bandwidth than the s-video or composite channels, and the picture should be sharper.

I notice a big difference in picture quality on DVDs between component and s-video on my TV

Answer 4

For 80% of al systems installed in Amercian living rooms, switching between component, SVHS, or RF (coax) cables will yield little to no noticeable difference in viewing.

While using component cables theoretically gives you the best picture (and this is a certain fact), generally speaking, unless you have long runs, bad signal quality, or a faulty Digital to Analog circuit, you will not even notice the difference.

Now before I get flamed, of course there are exceptions, Please note I said MOST.

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