How much diff in quality is DVI compared to Component cables with HDTV?

[Beau]

? in title...

 

[YetioDoom]

17%

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
17%

<looks at sig>

Leafs fan from Wisconsin?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
17%

87% of statistics are made up on the spot.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
17%

87% of statistics are made up on the spot.

75% of the population knows that.

 

[Apex]

Depends on the make/model, as well as the technology.

Digital displays tend to see the biggest improvement. Analog based (CRT) tend to have little to no visible improvement.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Apex
Depends on the make/model, as well as the technology.

Digital displays tend to see the biggest improvement. Analog based (CRT) tend to have little to no visible improvement.

Depends on the D/A and A/D's then now does it


McIntosh probably has a vacum-tube-based display out ther

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Apex
Depends on the make/model, as well as the technology.

Digital displays tend to see the biggest improvement. Analog based (CRT) tend to have little to no visible improvement.

Depends on the D/A and A/D's then now does it

Where applicable (DLP is true digital technology).

 

[Beau]

It's for A 60" Hitachi LCD HDTV

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Beau
It's for A 60" Hitachi LCD HDTV

It's probably worth it.

BTW, I'm using these for about 2/3 of the electronics in my home. The quality is good for the price:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bi...=Search&amp;search=DVI

The longer the DVI cable, the higher the quality you need. In general, for under 15' or so, pretty much any non-defective cable will do.

 

[Beau]

:beer: Apex.

Just saved me $70 -- was gonna get the $100 monster cables from Radio Shack.

 

[Howard]

I wish we just switched to optical-based device communication.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Beau
:beer: Apex.

Just saved me $70 -- was gonna get the $100 monster cables from Radio Shack.

Those Monster Cable DVI cables will work as well for short distances, though they're not built as well as the Digital 800 cables from pccables. I have some long ones of those Digital 800 and the signal integrity is great. The connectors are solid, the pins are nice and long (better contact), they have molded in ferrite cores (to help combat interference), and the cables are thick and well shielded.

If you're going extra long (20+ feet), I'd suggest cobaltcables (22 AWG), or BetterCables (24 AWG).

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Beau
:beer: Apex.

Just saved me $70 -- was gonna get the $100 monster cables from Radio Shack.

Monster cable and Radio Shack. Double ripoff there.

My tv has no dvi input, but... component looks damn nice (to me).

 

[Beau]

Yeah, i have component right now but just got the new HD reciever from dish network, that's why I was wondering what the quality diff is.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: Beau
:beer: Apex.

Just saved me $70 -- was gonna get the $100 monster cables from Radio Shack.

Those Monster Cable DVI cables will work as well for short distances, though they're not built as well as the Digital 800 cables from pccables. I have some long ones of those Digital 800 and the signal integrity is great. The connectors are solid, the pins are nice and long (better contact), they have molded in ferrite cores (to help combat interference), and the cables are thick and well shielded.

If you're going extra long (20+ feet), I'd suggest cobaltcables (22 AWG), or BetterCables (24 AWG).

Just orderd the PCcables DVI 800 10' cable.

 

[Apex]

Cool, let us know how it goes.

BTW, the calibration is probably different, so you're going to want to calibrate your display's DVI settings.