i am wondering whether there will be drastic improvement in terms of picture quality if i connect the xbox's component cable (via the hd av pack) to normal 29' TV (not HDTV, LCD or Plasma).

if the picture quality is the same (or just a very little improvement) due to the fact that the TV is not a HDTV, LCD or Plasma, then no point to have such connection, am i right?

in this case, the only benefit of having such av pack is the optical audio connection (DD, DTS), which definitely sounds better than stereo when gaming or watching DVD.

anyone, pls enlighten me.

no money for HDTV, LCD or Plasma at the moment

technically, should be better

from what i tested, s-video and component cable gives the same result for normal 480i tv. but according to some website component gives better result. we had this discussion yesterday. check THIS LINK for the discussion.
scroll down some more to get the link for some more website.

Pretty much all the other websites I Googled put Component as the best input followed by S-Video. The improvement is there but it may not be noticeable depending on what TV you are using

well what he said is correct unless u have VGA which is teh best:D

Normal TVs usually don't support VGA. Only the newer LCD and Plasmas do.

The difference in picture quality between Component nad S-Video connection is minimal or virtually indistinguishable if your TV size is small. The size masks the inherent flaws making comparison between them seem minute.

Once you start racking up screen size, then you NEED better connections to improve picture quality since larger screen sizes magnifies flaws. Component is the lowest denominator when it comes to the upper tier picture quality. Next would be VGA (isf your TV/monitor supports it), D-Terminal, DVI and the the best would be HDMI. No consoles in the market currently supports connection via HDMI, save for the upcoming PS3.

So, if you're sticking with smaller screen sizes, the only benefits of having component connection without going into one of the HD modes (480p, 720p, or 1080i) is to clean up the image. Once you do HD, then there is another different story altogether, even between the three HD modes, there are differences.Again , these differences are minimal if you are playing on smaller HD screens. I personally find it annoying to play on 480p on my Samsung, the image is still washed out to me. 720p is the minimum acceptable quality for me.

soo... do you think for example you would notice the difference between S-video and component on a 29" tv? I don't know, I've always assumed that component was better (i dont know know much on the subject). This is without going to HD, thats saved for Xbox 360 through VGA

Color separation would be better, although how much better compared to S-video remains to be seen. It all depends on our eyes. If you are particular, then you would nitpick, but some cant really see any difference. I would say the difference is pretty minimal at best.

I notice a lot of bleeding on my old Samsung Plano 32inch Widescreen last time, while on S-video. The color red bleeds into everything, even after i changed to different cable brands of S-video. Changed to Component, problems solved. Upgraded to connection via VGA port (480p HD only on this Samsung Plano), even better!

But the difference might not entice people t upgrade their connection. TO some, that amount to upgrade connection is a significant amount of money. It is when you start moving past 40 incher screens that you need to have some sort of HD running on it, lest yo would see stair-steppings and ugly scanlines on interlaced mode.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 13 2006, 02:21 PM

awesome

Also even if your TV supports Component, does it support Progressive Display? Cause older TVs supported Component but not progressive display which AFAIK makes the picture look much better

And also most importantly now, remember to slide the switch on the connector to HDTV mode, it makes a LOT of difference!

i tested wif my TV S-VIDEO and component video the different i found component the colour is sharper and colour abit solid and the normal composite video r very jerk haha colour poor S-Video n component not much different only thr colour is and more solid

This post has been edited by cuoreboy: May 14 2006, 12:41 AM

i don't think my 29' tv support progressive scan even though there is component input. so the difference is very minimal when using composite and component right?

hmmm.......the other factor of buying such av pack is its optical connection, whereby the result of the sound is for sure a huge difference (stereo vs DD).