My ignorance on Component in: Quick answer?

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So, if you have a 4:3 CRT television and it has Component-in... it will still receieve a Hi-Def signal?

Like... I can plug my Blu-Ray player up to it and it'll work, right? I haven't tried it yet because I'm still at work and I'm too anxious to wait and find out. And my actual HDTV is in OC... and I'm not going way back there today.
 
It will display the Blu-Ray player in 480p mode, it will more than likly NOT recieve and HD signal though, since it is not HD "ready" or "compatible" , the blu ray player should be compatible with all tv's though.
 
That's what I was thinking. So, you won't see any significant change in quality over a SD samsung player of the same movie?

I have Silent Hill on Blu-Ray and Silent Hill on SD DVD to compare. Gah. I can't wait to move my crap to Los Angeles. This back and forth is annoying when you have toys you want to play with.
 
Component video can carry either SD or HD (SD Component is used for BETACAM for example ... it's tradiational SD "broadcast standard")

Unless your TV specifically lists those inputs as HD inputs somewhere, they will only recive a SD signal - Meaning that you will need to tell your BlueRay player to output SD-component.

A TV with HD- component inputs will display either a HD or an SD signal when connected with component.

- Mikko
 
Thanks, Mikko.

Basically, there's no point in attempting to see if there's a difference between the component output on the Blu-Ray player and the Component output on my Samsung DVD player between the exact same movies in SD format and Blu-Ray format.

Gah... I so don't want to drive all the way back there just to experience Blu-Ray in all of it's crispy clear glory. =(
 
Well there *may* be actually.

One is SD from SD. The other is SD from HD. ... and that might actually cause a difference in quality depending on the results of compression.

- Mikko
 
Okay, I'll try it. I get off soon. I'll post the results, as well.

It should be really great to see all the minor detail in the Silent Hill sets, as well.
 
It wont show an HD picture, but like Cynic said, it should play 480p (I think that is standard SD component)
 
Television graveyards are going to pile high when high def renders all SD tvs completely useless. Looking around my house, 3/5 of my televisions will be scrapped.

Although they will be selling adapter boxes. But screw that.
 
We have HDTV (not to be confused with digital) and the TV actually displays the mode when you change channels. Discovery HD for example is most often 1080i. On the other channels I am a little surprised to see that most standard def. is displayed as 525i (this being Japan - NTSC), there are only some channels operating HD (once again not to be confused with digital - all signals to my home TV are digital some channels are HDTV and the difference is very easy to make out. Of the 100 cable channels about 10 are actually HD. Not including the local broadcast HD channels about 8.) Interesting to note that I NEVER see anything displayed at 720, I assume that in Japan it is just not used for broadcast whatsoever.
 
I am forgoing my testing and hiking back to OC tomorrow to see it on the HDTV. Don't even want to break it open, it'll be useless.

If it's not up to par, I'm straight taking it back to Best Buy.
 
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