List of what type of wires are the best quality?

[Denvers Dawgs]

So now will all the new tech(HDTV) how are the wires ratred from best to worst picture quality? (1 being worst)

1.RCA
2. composite
3. s-video(?)
4. component
can anyone hlep me by filling in the rest?

[edDV]

Rough ordering (worst to best). Some equipment performs better with a different order.

1. Cable RF (when used to connect cable box to TV)
2. RCA (composite)
3. S-Video (Y/C)
4. Analog Component YPbPr (standard definition 480i)
5. Analog Component YPbPr (wideband 480p, 720p, 1080i)
6. DVI/HDMI

HDTV is limited to #5 and #6 plus IEEE-1394 for special purposes.

[Denvers Dawgs]

Thanks edDV

[MOVIEGEEK]

VGA is somewhere between 4 & 6 also:
http://www.techlore.com/article/10061

[Lenny_Nero]

I just got told the other day to always use the RGB cable/connection over the composite, this was for HDTV but would presume it holds true for most things.

[edDV]

I just got told the other day to always use the RGB cable/connection over the composite, this was for HDTV but would presume it holds true for most things.

Yes, if your TV has Y, Pb, Pr (green blue red connectors), that is best way to connect your DVD player or cable box other than DVI/HDMI. That completely bypasses the distortions of NTSC or PAL.

EDTV/HDTV also allows the Y,Pb,Pr connections to be progressive 480p and sometimes 720p.

[doppletwo]

I just got told the other day to always use the RGB cable/connection over the composite, this was for HDTV but would presume it holds true for most things.

RGB is not for HDTV.


You are probably mistaking Component for RGB.

[Cornucopia]

It's the manufacturer's fault. They color code the Y Pb Pr connections, using Green, Red, Blue! What a way to mess people up with conflicting associations. Why couldn't they use Black? (Y), Purple? (Pb), and Orange? (Pr). Kinda Like YIQ. Then at least they would be easily differentiated between Composite (usually Yellow), RGB, and Stereo Audio (Usually Red & White).

Scott

[edDV]

And sometimes but not always orange for S/PDIF coax.

[MOVIEGEEK]

It's the manufacturer's fault. They color code the Y Pb Pr connections, using Green, Red, Blue! What a way to mess people up with conflicting associations. Why couldn't they use Black? (Y), Purple? (Pb), and Orange? (Pr). Kinda Like YIQ. Then at least they would be easily differentiated between Composite (usually Yellow), RGB, and Stereo Audio (Usually Red & White).

Scott

Yeah I agree,RGB came out first in the 1960's and component in the 1990's.Although both are analog,RGB splits the primary colors and component splits the luminance and chrominance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video

BTW..maybe Baldrick et al can make this thread a sticky?