TV/DVD Advice

[HannibalX]

Hey guys/gals. I have a this TV and Magnavox home theater system (Target speacial for $299).

I bought the TV and HT together in 2004 and it has been great all these years. I have always used an S-Video cable for video. Now I am thinking in a few years I will upgrade the entire setup but in the mean time will upgrading to component video SIGNIFICANTLY increase the quality of picture?

I see component video cables range on Newegg from $4.99 to $120.00. Do the higher cost cables really have a better signal or they just marketing BS?

Thx!

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Cheap ones will work fine. In fact, if you have three yellow RCA cables (composite video), those would be equivalent to a set of component cables and you could use those instead.

Monoprice, Cablesforless, and Partsexpress are some great places to get affordable cables.

In my own testing of DVD on a SD TV from s-video to component, it was pretty hard to tell the difference. The smaller the TV, the harder it would be to tell the difference from the same seating distance as well. In my own testing, color got a bit better, but that was about all I noticed.

My $17 investment in DVE produced a much more obvious improvement for the TVs I've used it on.