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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 59187" data-attributes="member: 14004">It's OK to disagree. I've never been one to deny being corrected. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Disagreements allow for deeper thought as well.SDTV is defined with the NTSC or PAL standards, so where are you getting digital from? If you have something like digital cable, and an SDTV, at the point where the picture actually comes into your TV, it will be an analog signal.a proper s-video cable supports the bandwidth to provide a full 480i or 576i signal - which is what the NTSC and PAL standards are defined at.So using a component connector isn't going to give you a higher resolution or sharper picture.This only leaves one other aspect of &quot;good picture&quot; - colour, contrast and brightness. these aspects of picture control can be modified by either the source or destination equipment, and most videocards provide more video tuning options than a regular SDTV would - Nvidia's 'Digital Vibrance' comes to mind here as an example, not to mention the extensive post-processing that can be done via the HTPC.If you use component, VGA or DVI to connect to a SDTV, then you're going to have to go through another signal conversion either through an external device, or using the TV's internal decoder. Either way, you are down-sampling the signal. The difference in quality between s-video and component and almost non-existant compared to the difference between composite and s-video.Even if there was any perceved difference visible between s-video and component signal, it can easily be corrected at the source, or the destination.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 59187, member: 14004"] It's OK to disagree. I've never been one to deny being corrected. :D Disagreements allow for deeper thought as well. SDTV is defined with the NTSC or PAL standards, so where are you getting digital from? If you have something like digital cable, and an SDTV, at the point where the picture actually comes into your TV, it will be an analog signal. a proper s-video cable supports the bandwidth to provide a full 480i or 576i signal - which is what the NTSC and PAL standards are defined at. So using a component connector isn't going to give you a higher resolution or sharper picture. This only leaves one other aspect of "good picture" - colour, contrast and brightness. these aspects of picture control can be modified by either the source or destination equipment, and most videocards provide more video tuning options than a regular SDTV would - Nvidia's 'Digital Vibrance' comes to mind here as an example, not to mention the extensive post-processing that can be done via the HTPC. If you use component, VGA or DVI to connect to a SDTV, then you're going to have to go through another signal conversion either through an external device, or using the TV's internal decoder. Either way, you are down-sampling the signal. The difference in quality between s-video and component and almost non-existant compared to the difference between composite and s-video. Even if there was any perceved difference visible between s-video and component signal, it can easily be corrected at the source, or the destination. [/QUOTE]

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