RE: RGB to.....?

["Tony Butler" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > whether your plasma can accept a 15kHz input signal up its
> > VGA port -
> > not all can
> >
> > Oh - er missus ;)
>
> Oi, Tubby! Behave! ;-)

Pot, kettle :P

> > What is the use of a vga port that cannot?
>
> Because usually the minimum frequency that a VGA port has to
> accept is 31kHz ... Generally the "domestic" series plasmas
> seem to accept 15kHz (or above) up their VGA port whereas the
> "commercial" series plasmas seem to accept 31kHz (or above).

But WHY dad? Isn't vga a standard, so they should all be pretty much the
same?

> > Is this actually any better than RGB->RGB?
>
> Nope - there really is feck all difference between RGB and
> component for quality.

So why bother with component - for progressive scan?

> To be absolutely honest you'll probably find that your
> biggest loss of quality will be from the device rescaling the
> image to its native panel resolution. I bought a 32"

Nooooooo!!!!

> widescreen LCD TV about a fortnight ago which - apart from a
> fault which I'm waiting for the manufacturers to resolve -
> gives a *SUPERB* picture when fed movies from a HTPC, however
> when fed Digital Terestrial via TiVo or from a Thomson
> DHD4000 PVR via s-video it looks pretty gash. DVD via s-video

Yeah, am concerned about the tivo + sky alright....

> fares rather a lot better but when I can get hold of a set of
> cables I need to have a play with component video and RGB
> feeds to the back of the LCD.

Dvd via svideo would be the current setup, though I might *have* to get a
dvd player with HDMI to see how much that improves things, then feed svideo
back to node0 for distirbution elsewhere...
Also use a showcenter but I've a feeling what is fine on my 32" tv
will also
look pretty pants on a plasma :(

> I do still have one of David Anamudus Sweetspot cards here
> and when I can get this ruddy HTPC to stop cooking itself
> silly I'll be intreagued to see what *IT* makes of the job
> when used to scale the image for the panel rather than the
> panel doing it itself.

It does sound like a good idea, but I'm not getting a pc into the lounge
unless it is *very* small and noise free.
Judging by some of the comments by others, this just ain't gonna happen to
run the sweetspot :(


Cheers,

Tony