[just wondering]

Hi , i'm wondering what to do with this , i've got a z4 , all the ports on the back are full , both component , hdmi ,vga , svhs.......but.

I've recently hooked up my ntl box to my harddrive Liteon dvd recorder model 5045 , great piece of kit , i've gone ntl box rgb into liteon 5045 then svhs to my projector , due to both component ports been used by xbox 1 and ps2, but i don't use my xbox or ps2 as much these days , due to the 360 and pc etc , sooooooo my main question is , is it worth using a component cable on the dvd recorder , which is basically used for tv and not playing dvds , will i notice much difference going from svhs to component , but not forgetting that the main input is a ntl digital box via scart rgb............ is it worth the extra expenses? or is svhs as good as it needs to be for ntl digital...... i don't currently have a suitable lenghted component cable at present , so i would need to buy , is it worth the extra expense?!?!?!?!!?

Any advice welcome.....other than

[happyhomer]

I've got a similar setup to you, except that I use my SVHS recorder to convert the RGB signal to S-Video, and I don't have the component option! However, I'm not sure if you'd see much of an improvement, as the source signal can be rather poor. The best thing I can think of would be to buy a component cable from somewhere that has a good returns policy (Maplin are good in that respect) and try it out.

[kingo]

without a shadow of a doubt you would see an improvement if you use component over svhs

[Anim]

Don't discount SVideo too quickly, it can produce an excelent signal with the right setup

But Component and RGB are considered above SVideo on terms of quality in the mainstream.

[Lester]

Originally Posted by Anim

Don't discount SVideo too quickly, it can produce an excelent signal with the right setup

Agreed.

A friend of mine wanted to pump Freeview into his shiny new projector so went to the expense of buying an RGB-YUV converter and some quality component cables only to discover that the difference was marginal. A bit of a suprise for both of us.

Believe your eyes, not necessarily what you read here.

Originally Posted by happyhomer

The best thing I can think of would be to buy a component cable from somewhere that has a good returns policy (Maplin are good in that respect) and try it out.

Indeed.

[mrmoo]

Originally Posted by just wondering

is it worth the extra expense?!?!?!?!!?

Any advice welcome.....other than

Sweetspot capture card HTPC on 92" PJ at desktop res 720p.

Sky-svid

Freeview-RGB

Worth the trouble? S-videos a bit softer and the freeview has a higher bitrate. I dunno.