Can somebody tells me if I need to get a better picture quality on my LCD TV, do I need
a component video cable for my 32" LCD TV?

Now I am using RCA cable.

Somebody told me component video cable does not make any difference from RCA cable
for the picture quality on LCD TV, he said buying a component cable is just wasting money,
he also said just use RCA cable is good enough. What do you guys think?

Thanks

This post has been edited by andrewH: Oct 28 2008, 08:00 PM

I doubt you have a LCD TV because you don't even know what HDMI is.

Because my DVD player does not have a HDMI feature.

If I play a normal DVD on a HDMI DVD player and with a HDMI
cable, will I get a better picture quality if comparing to RCA cable?

I thought HDMI is perfect for Blu-Ray discs only?

This post has been edited by andrewH: Nov 2 2008, 10:22 PM

I did a FAQ quite a long while ago http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=773015&hl=

Thanks for the link.

But should I get a component cable for my DVD player?

I went to Carrefour yesterday, I noticed 3 types of component
video cables sold in Carrefour:

(1) Carrefour brand with a a very thin cable type, selling for RM 9.10
(2) Another type of mid range component cable, selling at RM 60
(3) Fiber optic type, selling at RM 129

Do you think Carrefour brand (RM 9.10) is good enough?

Thanks

This post has been edited by andrewH: Aug 29 2010, 12:40 AM

If you bother reading I don't think you'd be asking whether to get component cable or not.

Anyway, is any of them gold plated? It's better to get a gold plated one, but I wouldn't pay anything more than RM30 if it's less than 2m.

Yes, I did read the link from the beginning to the end.

For Carrefour one selling at RM 9.10, it is not gold plated.
For RM 60 type, I am not sure if it is gold plated.

For component cable, is it the longer the better?
I need only 1 meter..

Where to find gold plated component cable for less than RM 30?
Jalan Pasar?

I'm not sure where you can find them.. I bought mine for RM5.50 3m gold plated, but I'm from KK. As for the length, the shorter the better. If your eyes aren't that sensitive the RM9.10 should do the job just fine.

the most important question first is does your LCD have COMPONENT INPUT? the component input is the 3 RCA type input with the Red-Green-Blue colour. and then you have to check your tv support what DISPLAY MODE. 480p? 720p? 1080p? all?

back to your player, you also need to know your player support what DISPLAY MODE. DVD disc are only 480p, but if the player support upscaling (720p / 1080p), the picture WILL look better.

now back to your question, if you only running 480p, normal RCA will still be acceptable, just try use those red-white-yellow cable that you got and and plug into the red-green-blue place and see the quality.

btw: you still need to enable the setting in the player menu, don't just CUCUK and expect the player to think by itself.

and your explanation helps in what way??
and i doubt you know about LCD TV because you don't even know there's LCD TV without HDMI input.


it's not really gold, it's just colouring. the expensive one is real gold because gold is the best conductive material.

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Oct 28 2008, 11:58 PM

Thanks for your valuable info.

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Added on October 29, 2008, 12:36 amThe expensive one is real gold...??? I see....
But the coloring (gold plated) component cable can help to get for a better picture quality?
Or the "coloring gold plated" just make the component cable looks like more "high tech" cable only?


What do you guys think of this Philip component cable? It is RM 29.00

Under what condition we should use Fiber Optic component cable?

This post has been edited by andrewH: Aug 29 2010, 12:41 AM

Composite can't do 480p as far as I know, so component is the only way to get the full potential from the DVD if your DVD player supports progressive scan and the DVD itself is "Full DVD". Resolution aside, another reason to choose component over other display output is the picture quality itself:

Composite


S-Video


RGB (which isn't much different from component if you aren't picky)

since I close the thread and read here about the RGB, what is the different between RGB and Component cable? is Component cable got the audio(red white) cable and RGB dont have? am I rite?

I am sorry, what is a composite?
Is it something to do with a component cable?

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Added on October 29, 2008, 12:50 amTo my understanding of RGB, RGB is where we use VGA cable for connection.
RGB does not have audio function, so we will need to get a sound function from
other devices. Like sound card for computer.

This post has been edited by andrewH: Oct 29 2008, 01:08 AM

ooo. so RGB is RGB only
Component is RGB + Audio. something like that.

You mean RGB is not VGA??

err dunno
what I mean by the colour of the cable. lol

component = red green blue + white red lol

This post has been edited by kazasho: Oct 29 2008, 01:02 AM

I'll explain again here (done that in my FAQ), composite is the yellow RCA cable that you get along with red & white (stereo sound) which comes normally with your console purchase. RGB and component are different in terms of the amount of green output (if explain in very general term). In Malaysia it's near impossible to get RGB capable equipments, so people hardly get the chance to enjoy the purest form of video display here. Component comprised of 60% or more green, but it hardly differ from RGB if you can't compare them side by side (since human eyes are much more sensitive to green color than red and blue put together).

VGA(or to be precise, the D-sub 15 pin) is just one of many ways of displaying RGB, so you are right andrewH.

thanx again

Huh.... today I have learned a lot.... Thank you...

1) Composite Video (Single Yellow cable for Video, White/Red for Audio) is the worse quality. This is because all the colour signals are passed through only one single cable (Yellow).

2) Component Video cables uses three different cables for each colour signals so it is much better Video quality than Composite. Normally the three separate cables are coloured Red, Blue and Green. There must be a component output from your DVD player and a Component Input on your LCD TV in order to use the Component Cable. You must also match the colours from Input to Output in order to get the correct video. (Btw you can also use three different normal Composite cables to function as Component Cables, but make sure they are of good quality).

3) HDMI video is the best quality. It is a single cable used for both digital video signal and sound. (Take note that the signal is Digital as opposed to Composite and Component which are Analog. Digital signal, as long as the cable is decent enough to carry the signal (even a cheap one will do) will output the same quality as a very expensive one. That's the beauty of Digital.

Normally HDMI can not ony be found on Blu-ray players but also DVD players which can upscale normal DVDs to 720P,1080i, 1080P . These upscale DVD players are of course more expensive than the standard DVD players without upscale function.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Oct 29 2008, 01:37 AM