Video Quality

Computer Forum Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners
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I am still pricing up a Media Centre build but I dont know how im going to connect the pc to the telly.

The best input on the telly is component (Y,Cb,Cr) so I want to make use of it.
There are graphics cards and motherboards with integrated graphics which have component out so thats one option.
But what if I get a graphics card with DVI-I/A, s-video and VGA and use a converter…
Will there be any difference in quality between the four? s-video and vga will be the cheapest way to do it but I dont know which to use.
Will s-video–>component providea better picture than s-video straight, will s-video–>component provide a better picture than dvi–>component? Will vga–>component provide better a better picture than any of the s-video options… Im lost!

All I know is that composite is terrible! You cant read windows at all!

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i dunno if this will help, but jst wanna tell u bout my past experiences.

I used the svideo port from my gfx card, plugged in a converter to A/V coz my tv didnt support svideo took a little bit of work to get the tv to work, but when i did… it was ugly…very ugly. i had to get my old monitor and use them both at the same time, coz it was very hard to read anything.

then with a laptop, i used svideo straight. i dun know if its jst my tv, but the colour is very bright, but readable. i guess if u can fix the brightness then that would be the better option.

overall, i think converters wouldn’t change the quality… i think:dry: