Hello
We have indulged in a large HD flatscreen LED.
It has 3 x HDMI inputs and all will be occupied by Sky,
Blu Ray and Playstation.
The TV also has component inputs colored red, green
and blue.
We have an elderly and trusted Sony DVD player that
also has component connections.
The instruction booklet for the DVD player states
that 100hz progressive output is possible from these
connections and the LED TV instructions say the TV
is "capable" of 100hz progressive.
We would like to try it but are wary of expensive
component interconnects as we are just experimenting.
Is it OK to try with RCA audio interconnects of which we
have plenty and they appear to be identical fitments.
As long as we ensure the correct red green and blue
connections between DVD player and TV it will be OK?
TIA

"Gen" wrote in message
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Hello
We have indulged in a large HD flatscreen LED.
It has 3 x HDMI inputs and all will be occupied by Sky,
Blu Ray and Playstation.
The TV also has component inputs colored red, green
and blue.
We have an elderly and trusted Sony DVD player that
also has component connections.
The instruction booklet for the DVD player states
that 100hz progressive output is possible from these
connections and the LED TV instructions say the TV
is "capable" of 100hz progressive.
We would like to try it but are wary of expensive
component interconnects as we are just experimenting.
Is it OK to try with RCA audio interconnects of which we
have plenty and they appear to be identical fitments.
As long as we ensure the correct red green and blue
connections between DVD player and TV it will be OK?
TIA


Yes, but video signals are a lot more fussy than audio; cheap cables could
play havoc with picture quality - colour casts and the like.

Me? I'm a film fan and like a *big* picture - this 6 foot wide image (TV
recording 'Secret Mediterranean'):

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/Saturation.JPG

is on the smaller of my *two* cinema setups!

:-)

"Gen" wrote in message
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Hello
We have indulged in a large HD flatscreen LED.
It has 3 x HDMI inputs and all will be occupied by Sky,
Blu Ray and Playstation.
The TV also has component inputs colored red, green
and blue.
We have an elderly and trusted Sony DVD player that
also has component connections.
The instruction booklet for the DVD player states
that 100hz progressive output is possible from these
connections and the LED TV instructions say the TV
is "capable" of 100hz progressive.
We would like to try it but are wary of expensive
component interconnects as we are just experimenting.
Is it OK to try with RCA audio interconnects of which we
have plenty and they appear to be identical fitments.
As long as we ensure the correct red green and blue
connections between DVD player and TV it will be OK?
TIA

I'm not sure why you need to connect a DVD player, as Bluray players can
also play DVDs. But if you really want to add the DVD player then yes, you
can use your RCA interconnects. Theoretically you should use 75 ohm RCA
cables for this, especially if you use 100Hz progessive as this requires a
higher frequency response from the cables, but if you keep the leads as
short as possible, say no more than 1.5m, you shouldn't find any noticable
degradation when using reasonably decent audio cables. There is certainly no
harm to be done by trying.

David.

In article ,
Gen wrote:
We would like to try it but are wary of expensive
component interconnects as we are just experimenting.
Is it OK to try with RCA audio interconnects of which we
have plenty and they appear to be identical fitments.
As long as we ensure the correct red green and blue
connections between DVD player and TV it will be OK?

For the sort of distances involved it probably won't matter. But you can
buy proper video phono leads quite cheaply - or make them.

However, you won't break anything by trying what you have.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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