Using component cables in composite outputs for a HDTV connected to a SD receiver?

Question

I just recently bought a Sanyo 26" HDTV and have discovered the ill fated picture it produces when hooked up to a SD satellite receiver. I do have s-video running to it, and the picture is a little bit better, but I would like to know if I buy a set of component cables will I be able to plug them into the composite outputs on the SD satellite receiver to get a better picture, or is that impossible.

Answer 1

You need component outputs to utitlize component video. Composite and component video are not compatible with one another and cannot be converted using simply a cable.

Answer 2

sdiver24 is correct.



Just to add a bit: Composite output is LOWER quality than S-video. Even if you got a composite to component transcoder (and these do exist) the final quality would still be worse than what you're getting now.



One of the problems with HDTVs is that they let you see the flaws in SD signals far better than ever before. Some sets do, however, do a better job of concealing those flaws than others.



With some sources like DVD, a true component output to component input will look somewhat better than S-video... even though it's still just 480i... primarily because the color information is handled so much better over component. But if your TV doesn't have component input, or your SD sat receiver doesn't have component output, you can't take advantage of that.

Answer 3

It won't help at all, because the VIDEO OUTPUT is still only 480, instead of the 1080 you can get from the HD satellite reciever.



Now, you can spend the $200 needed to Upgrade to an HD reciever, OR you can switch providers and get it FREE...



And use that $200 for the Panasonic DMP-BD35K Blu-Ray player.

That's what I did...



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Answer 4

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