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  • #16
    Originally posted by LordShiva
    Component is a form of analog input. Better than S-Video and VGA but worse than digital inputs like DVI/HDMI. Never heard of HD15, though.
    That depends on the implementation. Many HDMI implementations today are buggy and crappy.

    My HD digital cable box has an HDMI and Component connector, but the component looks better for most people and the HDMI is very buggy that locks up the box, sends crappy pictures sometimes, doesn't send sound other times, etc.
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    • #17
      So, you have a 42" plasma EDTV with no component or digital inputs. Good enough for DVD (just don't waste your money on an upscaling player, or an HTPC powerful enough for ffdshow).
      THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
      AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
      AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
      DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Asher
        It's a pretty common con in displays. It's not lying when it says the TV accepts as input 720p or 1080i, the thing is it's not what it displays. 720p is 1280x720, 1080i is 1920x1080 for frame resolution. What it displays is 848x480, so it's 1280x720 or 1920x1080 downsampled to be 848x480 -- it'll look better than "regular TV", but it's not really high definition.

        The majority of TVs advertising to be 1080p compatible today are similar cons.
        Ah, so it'll input HDTV signals fine, and look prettier than my 320x200 normal tv's crappy resolution, but it won't really be 1280x720 ... makes sense, I can live with that for free (was a work giveaway of old monitors we aren't using anymore) [yes, it's old, and who knows how long it'll last... like 2 years old. But that's still better than nothing )

        I think i may have to buy a converter box to use YPbPr ... it definitely doesn't have the 3 rca connectors normal for that. In the manual it discusses a box that converts for that; i'm not sure I can get that, and furthermore not sure it'd be right anyway (it shows a picture of FIVE inputs, and they look like a different cable)
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        • #19
          Speaking of HDTVs, I just ordered my new one today. It won't ship for a few weeks, unfortunately, but that gives me enough time to build my new Core2 Duo E6600-based HTPC
          THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
          AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
          AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
          DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Asher

            That depends on the implementation. Many HDMI implementations today are buggy and crappy.

            My HD digital cable box has an HDMI and Component connector, but the component looks better for most people and the HDMI is very buggy that locks up the box, sends crappy pictures sometimes, doesn't send sound other times, etc.
            I think it has DVI-D ... the composite doesn't look like a RCA connector (or similar anyway) like your cable you show there; it looks more similar to the other Component picture it shows, which are vaguely similar to coax connectors (I forget what that's called, normal antenna/analog cable connector) but not quite - in that it has an extremely skinny center piece, <1mm ...



            Should I consider getting a DVI-D adapter to component video and/or HDMI? Or is DVI-D probably supported by the HD cable box?
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            • #21
              Ah, so it'll input HDTV signals fine, and look prettier than my 320x200 normal tv's crappy resolution, but it won't really be 1280x720 ... makes sense, I can live with that for free
              Yes, it's nothing to sniff at, if it's free. Really, very few monitors in use actually resolve 1920x1080, and at 42" watching HDTV or movies it should look nice.

              If you were going out and spending thousands on a monitor, you would get higher resolution. Some content is helped by higher resolutions, such as some sports.
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              • #22
                ... assuming I can get it hooked up anyway

                I think I'll just wait until the cable guy comes out to worry about hookups (unless someone here has a 95%+ sure feeling I'll need something, and knows what that something is) ... I've also got a few people at work I can ask, ie others who ended up with screens. I suspect the cable guy can figure out what I need, and according to Comcast I don't need any cables [thus I can yell at them if the guy doesn't bring the right one, right? ]
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                • #23
                  Thanks for the help guys

                  Yes, higher res would be nice, but ... eh, whatever. Sports at 320x200 look fine honestly, and I suspect the upshoot to x480 will be a big enough difference for me to enjoy it quite a bit anyway

                  Grr, as I discuss this my normal tv cable is flickering. Darned comcast
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                  • #24
                    You'll probably be buying 3 of these to turn those BNC connectors into RCA connectors. Absurdly cheap at Rat Shack. BNC connectors are typical for pro gear. RCA for consumer.

                    The YUV is component. Just use that for your cable, if possible. But the cable guy might know what to do when he takes a look at your TV.

                    Good luck and tell us how it goes.
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                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #25
                      Except I don't actually have three BNC connectors, nor do I have three RCA connectors ... I have one connector (in four flavors of one connector) ...

                      I'm hoping the cable guy figures it out
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                      • #26
                        I'm confused. Is the 5 BNC (video)/2 RCA (audio) panel that you pictured above actually included on your TV?
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #27
                          No. It's an add-on that I'd have to find somewhere else ... thus not a preferred alternative.
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                          • #28
                            Ah, OK.
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Asher
                              That'll show 720p or 1080i HDTV. This is normal for plasmas,
                              There are lots of native 1080p plasmas out there though they do cost more then a 1080p LCD. Then again Plasma tvs almost always cost more then LCD TVs because people are willing to pay more to get the brighter image.

                              I have read several things which have said plasmas aren't good as computer monitors though I've honestly never tried it before.
                              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Oerdin
                                There are lots of native 1080p plasmas out there though they do cost more then a 1080p LCD. Then again Plasma tvs almost always cost more then LCD TVs because people are willing to pay more to get the
                                buzzword 'plasma'


                                Define "lots of native 1080p plasmas out there" -- there are a few at most, and they are absurdly priced.

                                BestBuy carries one, and it's 6 grand: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1152228813286
                                And it doesn't even count. It's billed as 1080p with a max resolution of 1365 x 768.

                                So I've been able to locate zero native 1080p plasmas. Hardly "lots".
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