Component cables......Worth it?

limericklad87

Just wondering whether anyone has found these beneficial.. just using the poormans composite cables at the moment on a tv that has component jacks..The TV itself doesn't have any HDMI socket.... ( believe me i've looked)

so the question is would it be worth my while getting them and if so what website could you recommend

i'll have to order them online as they can't be gotten in limerick, tried game/ gamestop and harvey norman

cheers

noodler

Its a HD TV then?

It would absolutely help.

Anything would be better than composite - RGB cart, Component, HDMI in thaty order.

amacachi

limericklad87 wrote: »

Just wondering whether anyone has found these beneficial.. just using the poormans composite cables at the moment on a tv that has component jacks..The TV itself doesn't have any HDMI socket.... ( believe me i've looked)

so the question is would it be worth my while getting them and if so what website could you recommend

i'll have to order them online as they can't be gotten in limerick, tried game/ gamestop and harvey norman

cheers

Has it got DVI? If it's a HD telly it has to have HDMI or DVI I thought.

Other than that, if it's a HD telly it's definitely worth getting a HD lead of some kind.

noodler

Of course, even if it does have a DVI, and you get a HDMI-DVI converter, you will not be able to get any sound via it?

So you would probably need a sound system of some sort. I know you can make the PS3 output one way in picture and another in audio but I so not know if you can make it oiutput picture via DVI and then via composite / Scart for audio on the same TV)

amacachi

noodler wrote: »

Of course, even if it does have a DVI, and you get a HDMI-DVI converter, you will not be able to get any sound via it?

So you would probably need a sound system of some sort. I know you can make the PS3 output one way in picture and another in audio but I so not know if you can make it oiutput picture via DVI and then via composite / Scart for audio on the same TV)

Thought most converters had an audio thing attached for putting in. I dunno, just making a suggestion, he could read up on it. :P

nice1franko

Defo worth it. You can get a cheap one on dealextreme.com but delivery takes about a month.

noodler

amacachi wrote: »

Thought most converters had an audio thing attached for putting in. I dunno, just making a suggestion, he could read up on it. :P

No idea.

EDIT: Loads of Components on EBAY.

limericklad87

cheers lads....

just ordered one

Tallon

Component Is HD.... deffo get some

tman

Tallon wrote: »

Component Is HD.... deffo get some

But they haven't said if the TV is HD. Could just be a 480p set for all we know... (even so, it'll still be a worthwhile upgrade over the bundled composite cables)

Tallon

tman wrote: »

But they haven't said if the TV is HD. Could just be a 480p set for all we know... (even so, it'll still be a worthwhile upgrade over the bundled composite cables)

Yeah, it might not be full HD or even ready, but it would still be better than dam RCA

noodler

I didn't even know non-HD TVs had component sockets.

Learn something new and all that..

Retr0gamer

noodler wrote: »

I didn't even know non-HD TVs had component sockets.

Learn something new and all that..

Yep they do. They will give you a gorgeous RGB scart quality picture, perhaps slightly better. It's still a world better than crappy composite.

amacachi

noodler wrote: »

I didn't even know non-HD TVs had component sockets.

Learn something new and all that..

Loads of non-HD things have Component, most newer SD Sky boxes do, as do some DVD players, though I'd imagine that's happening less with upscaling HDMI players being so cheap.

yoshytoshy

If a hdmi-dvi cable is used ,you can still use the multi-av cable for sound (red and white rca)