[SFoley]

I have a friend who told me that using component cables on my plasma tv would hurt the tv. Is there any truth to this?


I use component for my Xbox for about a year now and have seen no ill effects but am worried that I may be damaging my tv. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

 

[qphillips06]



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Originally Posted by SFoley /forum/post/18208288


I have a friend who told me that using component cables on my plasma tv would hurt the tv. Is there any truth to this?


I use component for my Xbox for about a year now and have seen no ill effects but am worried that I may be damaging my tv. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

Component cables won't hurt your TV... If they did then why are they on there. HDMI would be the preferred connection over Component. Both cables can support HD resolutions but HDMI is digital where as component is analog.

 

[cavu]



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Originally Posted by SFoley /forum/post/18208288


Is there any truth to this?

No!

 

[frito]

your buddy is smokin some really good stuff


component video for most purposes looks as good as HDMI, think of it as the analog version of HDMI


if your familiar with computer monitors


HDMI = DVI (they are actually the same thing)

Component = 15 pin RGB VGA (while they are not the same the resulting picture is more or less just as good)


HDMI has the potential of a sharper more accurate image but due to poor source material with pretty much any device short of a BD player or PC there is little to be gained by even using HDMI picture quality wise.

 

[dlplover]

If you get a power short or board failure, your component inputs can stop working but your hdmi or dvi, tuner, etc... could just as easily do the same thing in that odd scenario. And actually, typically if something gets fried on your tv the digital ports will be the ones to go rather than your analog ones. Plasma TV's are quiet reliable though so this is something you shouldn't worry about at all. Just make sure you're running it on a line conditioner/surge protector and you'll be fine.