[Adrian Hughes]

I have a HD ready panasonic TV and looking for a DVD player to go with it.
I was told by panasonic today that there will be no major difference between component and HDMI for picture quality - as all the panasonic DVD units are non HDMI at the moment.

Any advice from anyone who has HDMI etc !?


Ade

[Russell.Williams]

Granted, if you cable runs are short and the screen small, then you may see very little difference, but there is no reason to only buy a Panasonic players. I am running a projector via HDMI and the difference over component was quite marked. Less artifacting and a generally less noisy picture gave much cleaner results, but some reviews I have seen of various Plasmas amd LCDs prove this is not always the case, mainly due to the differing ability of displays to scale different inputs. There are very many fine players complete with both out-puts these days and it is to these I would look, if only for a touch of future proofing.

[Joe Fernand]

Hello Adrian Hughes

I'll bet you a tenner as soon as your local Panasonic shop have HDMI equipped players they'll be telling you HDMI is the connection of choice

Keep in mind HDMI is a connectivity standard - it transports Digital RGB or Digital YUV 'Component' signals; done correctly RGB over HDMI will look less noisy than YUV over an Analogue (3RCA) connection.

There is no hard and fast rules here though - your TV manufacturer may have spent more time and cost on the HDMI Input circuitry (very likely as its the new big thing) and equally on a budget DVD player/recorder the Analogue YUV circuitry may be better than the HDMI Digital circuitry.

As russ.will suggests you may want to spread your net a little further than sticking with Panasonic and have a look for yourself at Digital vs. Analogue into your TV; keep in mind when you switch from Analogue 'Component' to Digital 'HDMI' you need to have a look at what 'setting' the TV is on otherwise one Input could be on Dynamic (horrid) and the other on Cinema (much more acceptable if its a Panasonic PlasmaTV).

Best regards

Joe