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Opinion about component vs vga cable

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DrkSlash

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Hi everyone.

Im thinking about buying this lcd tv ( http://www.samsung.com/pt/products/tv/tftlcd/tft_lcd169/le37r72b.asp?page=Specifications dont mind the portuguese text plz, im from Portugal) for use with the pc and a xbox360 and was wondering which would work better for me, using the xbox 360 by vga cable and connecting the pc to the svideo port on the tv or connecting the 360 via component and the pc via vga.

Mind you the main purpose for the pc is at the moment for viewing the occasional tv show (house, bones, etc) and to play some games but not much for that since ive gotten the 360.

Thanks in advance for any opinion.
 
i wouldnt do svideo with the pc. I have my 360 using the vga and i think its a little crisper but the colors are better on the component for me. Also the vga loses signal for about 5 seconds every hour i think on my tv. Not sure if thats the 360 or my tvs input.
 
VGA is the way to go.. i use it on my Sammy DLP and get 1080p for the dashboard, games, and HD-DVD movies along with upconverting DVDs to 1080p as well.. something component cant do. But remember your TV must accept a 1080p signal over VGA in the first place, Sony TVs do not.
 
umm, why are you hooking it up to the pc? at that resolution its not going to look good as a computer monitor and if you connect the pc to that via s video it is going to look TERRIBLE
 
Im just thinking of using the tv as a tv out so i can see the tv shows i have, if i can actually game on it is a bonus and i think that for what is supposed to, tv out is just fine.
 
Component separates into Y, Pb, Pr over three wires. RGB (which is what VGA is) separates into R, G, B and either Composite sync or H/V sync (excluding Sync on Green).

Honestly, the diference isn't noticeable until you get to around 1080 or so. For the PS2, Component output and VGA output looks identical...you can use the same damn cable, all you do is change the output colorspace from YPbPr to RGB, and treat those three signals are the RGB (with SoG).

I'd go with whatever ends up looking better on your TV. My Gateway for some reason likes to darken the component inputs. :(
 
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