stpuid HDTV question

[Goosemaster]

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on the projecotr people website it states that sometimes a component analog signal can produce better results than a digital signal, but are they are reffering to ouputs on a TV tuner?


If so, how would the analog provide better resutls than the purely digital repoduction that DVI/HDMI would provide?

Or are they refering to jsut analog soruce vs digital source?

 

[trinketsummoner]

It all depends which component has the better DACs in it. A high end DVD player will probably do a better job than a cheap projector and vice versa. Also, if you have a digital projector and use DVI or HDMI the signal will stay digital all the way through the chain rather than being converted a few times. I would just use your own eyes and see what looks better to you.

 

[cliftonite]

HDMI is audio and video right?

 

[trinketsummoner]

Originally posted by: cliftonite
HDMI is audio and video right?

yep

 

[woowoo]

Digital is just a sampling of analog
Sometimes the original is better.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I think some manufacterers ended up for some reason putting a DAC between the digital input of the display and the actual digital display device (DLP chip etc.)

So I think some displays will take a digital input and go to analog and then back to digital instead of staying digital the whole time.

If you input analog, then it just goes through one conversion to digital.

I could be wrong, but that's what I remember from reading about it a few months ago.

 

[knyghtbyte]

HDMI CAN carry both video and audio, depends on the source though....

some sources only actually kick out a video signal, some kick out both.....

most receievers are not equipped to handle a HDMI vid/audio signal, they will just display the video, you still need to connect your DVD player separately for sound....

higher end ones can accept them and have in the case of Denons flagship the ability to separate the sound from the video then pass it through to something else...

to be honest, unless the display you are using is high end you wont notice too much difference between component and HDMI......mebbe a tiny bit, but then price per m the HDMI i think costs quite a bit more than component can....