Component Video Question

On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:16:12 GMT, "james"
wrote:


"Randell Tarin" wrote in message
link.net...
I recently purchased a Pioneer PDP-4271HD 42" plasma display.
First of all, out of the box the picture is awesome. It's only a 720p
picture, but at our viewing distance of 10+ feet, the image is sharp,
vibrant and beautiful. I'm getting my HD feed via satellite.

I've chosen to go with component video because I'm getting the audio
portion through my 5.1 surround system and HDMI cables are ridiculously
overpriced.

For my component connection, I'm using the 6ft. RCA cables that came with
my satellite box i.e. one video and L & R audio. These seem to be good
quality heavy-duty cables

I'm using the more robust yellow video cable for the green channel, the
white audio cable for blue and the red audio for red.

I'm not having any apparent problems with this setup. The impedance
seems to be in the proper range because I'm not getting any ghosting or
rings on my display. Are there any other considerations that I'm
overlooking or would I be safe to operate under the assumption that "if it
ain't broke don't fix it"?

I'm wondering if I need to go to the additional expense of buying matched
component video cables. Any advantage to this?

Thanks in Advance,

Randy

Decent quality cables HDMI, Component etc. need not cost an arm and a leg.
Check out: http://www.monoprice.com I and a whole lot of other people
have
found that the cheap cables they sell are just as good as those"
ridiculously
overpriced" cables like Monster cables that places like Best Buy try to
push off
on people. I got a 15' DVI to HDMI cable for less than $10.00 (to hook up
to my PC)
that has worked without any problems. That price by the way,included
shipping!!
It was on sale. But, even the regular price was 1/3 of a 6' to 9' Monster
cable.
Use HDMI and get the full benifit of your new TV. You can always route the
audio
to your audio system thru an optical cable (if your sat receiver has the
correct output
and your audio system has the correct input).
Lots of choices and they need not break the bank in order to take advantage
of them.
james


Monoprice is nice, all right.

For "non-premium," they're downright cheap. (6ft = $4)
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...502&p_i d=960
http://tinyurl.com/2xf3tb

Even for "premium," the price seems really good to me. (6ft = $12.50)
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...02&p_i d=2769
http://tinyurl.com/yuqj88


I bought the second one, and it seems pretty darn solid to me.

On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:25:16 GMT, Randell Tarin
wrote:

james wrote:

"Randell Tarin" wrote in message
ink.net...

I recently purchased a Pioneer PDP-4271HD 42" plasma display.
First of all, out of the box the picture is awesome. It's only a 720p
picture, but at our viewing distance of 10+ feet, the image is sharp,
vibrant and beautiful. I'm getting my HD feed via satellite.

I've chosen to go with component video because I'm getting the audio
portion through my 5.1 surround system and HDMI cables are ridiculously
overpriced.

For my component connection, I'm using the 6ft. RCA cables that came with
my satellite box i.e. one video and L & R audio. These seem to be good
quality heavy-duty cables

I'm using the more robust yellow video cable for the green channel, the
white audio cable for blue and the red audio for red.

I'm not having any apparent problems with this setup. The impedance
seems to be in the proper range because I'm not getting any ghosting or
rings on my display. Are there any other considerations that I'm
overlooking or would I be safe to operate under the assumption that "if it
ain't broke don't fix it"?

I'm wondering if I need to go to the additional expense of buying matched
component video cables. Any advantage to this?

Thanks in Advance,

Randy


Decent quality cables HDMI, Component etc. need not cost an arm and a leg.
Check out: http://www.monoprice.com I and a whole lot of other people
have
found that the cheap cables they sell are just as good as those"
ridiculously
overpriced" cables like Monster cables that places like Best Buy try to
push off
on people. I got a 15' DVI to HDMI cable for less than $10.00 (to hook up
to my PC)
that has worked without any problems. That price by the way,included
shipping!!
It was on sale. But, even the regular price was 1/3 of a 6' to 9' Monster
cable.
Use HDMI and get the full benifit of your new TV. You can always route the
audio
to your audio system thru an optical cable (if your sat receiver has the
correct output
and your audio system has the correct input).
Lots of choices and they need not break the bank in order to take advantage
of them.
james



Thanks James, but that didn't answer my question. What I have seems
to be working fine. I wanted to know if I'm creating any problems by
using the video/audio cables? Would there be any improvement by going
to actual component video? If so, I would rather just use RG 6 cable
with RC adapters from radio shack.

Well built RG 6 cables should definitely be better than the ones you
are using and better than most cable sets. The only problem is they
are ugly.

On May 20, 12:03 am, DK wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:25:16 GMT, Randell Tarin
snip
Thanks James, but that didn't answer my question. What I have
seems
to be working fine. I wanted to know if I'm creating any problems
by
using the video/audio cables? Would there be any improvement by
going
to actual component video? If so, I would rather just use RG 6
cable
with RC adapters from radio shack.

Well built RG 6 cables should definitely be better than the ones
you
are using and better than most cable sets. The only problem is
they
are ugly.

Not the only problem. Consumer video gear uses RCA connectors which
are much easier to break than the BNC connectors on broadcast gear.
Those RG 6 cables are much stiffer and very likely to overstress the
panel mounted connector and break the PC board holding the connectors.
For short 6' hops and you MUST have better grade coax try using RG-59U
with stranded center conductor.

GG

G-squared wrote:
On May 20, 12:03 am, DK wrote:
On Thu, 17 May 2007 15:25:16 GMT, Randell Tarin
snip
Thanks James, but that didn't answer my question. What I have
seems
to be working fine. I wanted to know if I'm creating any problems
by
using the video/audio cables? Would there be any improvement by
going
to actual component video? If so, I would rather just use RG 6
cable
with RC adapters from radio shack.

Well built RG 6 cables should definitely be better than the ones
you
are using and better than most cable sets. The only problem is
they
are ugly.

Not the only problem. Consumer video gear uses RCA connectors which
are much easier to break than the BNC connectors on broadcast gear.
Those RG 6 cables are much stiffer and very likely to overstress the
panel mounted connector and break the PC board holding the connectors.
For short 6' hops and you MUST have better grade coax try using RG-59U
with stranded center conductor.

GG



Interesting. I'm not familiar with RG-59U. I'm guessing this is a
cousin to RG 6 cable. Does the stranded center conductor make it more
flexible? Is it available with RC connectors? My Pioneer receiver only
has RCA jacks for component video connections.

Interesting. I'm not familiar with RG-59U. I'm guessing this is a
cousin to RG 6 cable. Does the stranded center conductor make it more
flexible? Is it available with RC connectors? My Pioneer receiver only
has RCA jacks for component video connections.

Monoprice.com has both RG-59U and RG6 component cables with RCA
ends. They also have them with audio cables. These are flexible.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...d=10235&style=