Paul Fernandez
Auditioning
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- Nov 4, 2003
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Many home theater components are coming with DVI and Component Video connections. Instruction manuals say to hook up either DVI or component cables to receive and view HDTV. My question is which one is superior or even if there is a difference?
I ask this because I either read or heard that DVI transfers a digital signal from the source (Digital Cable or Satellite, DVD) to the receiver (HDTV), thus not having any interruption with conversions from digital to analog and back to digital. Component video cable is, I think, actually an analog signal and the signal is converted from digital to analog and back to digital. My Wal-Mart RCA analog TV has component hook up. Though component video may be able to send a quality signal to the HDTV monitor, is it still just an analog signal? Is there a significant difference between the two connections? I know that DVI will allow updates to other technologies and copyright protection. But, is there a quality difference? Thanks
Paul
I ask this because I either read or heard that DVI transfers a digital signal from the source (Digital Cable or Satellite, DVD) to the receiver (HDTV), thus not having any interruption with conversions from digital to analog and back to digital. Component video cable is, I think, actually an analog signal and the signal is converted from digital to analog and back to digital. My Wal-Mart RCA analog TV has component hook up. Though component video may be able to send a quality signal to the HDTV monitor, is it still just an analog signal? Is there a significant difference between the two connections? I know that DVI will allow updates to other technologies and copyright protection. But, is there a quality difference? Thanks
Paul