SLyGeN Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Until just recently, I had no real reason to learn anything about HD Video. I just had my VGA-input monitor and my co-ax/RCA TV's. Well, now I have a nice new TV (bought it to use as a TV/Monitor so all video comes from one place... audiophile reasons), and it has a bunch of different hi-def video options. This one only has component, S-Video, and HDMI as far as hi-def goes, but I'm interested to learn about the whole market. So basically I'm asking for a linear sort of explaination.. "this is the worst one because... then this one is better because... etc." From RCA to component to S-vid to HDMI to whatever spdif is and whatever DVI is. Then, after that... tell me what the highest quality option is for my Gamecube and PS2. I read somewhere that the PS2 only outputs RCA-quality video, regardless of how it's connected? Then.... someday I'll be buying the next-gen consoles. What's the best option for those? Cheers in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 i am not sure but i think this is the order best to worst hdmi dvi component vga svid composite co ax both gcn and ps2 have component cables and this is the best they get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLyGeN Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 Do you know where SPDIF falls in that list? also I would put that face at the end of that sentence for you but I don't know how to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 SPDIF is audio. I'm assuming your TV is 720p? I use 720p with a component cable with my 360 and everything looks fine, then again, I haven't seen it with an HDMI cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I have the same setup you're thinking of doing. Beware: cords will be fucking everywhere Still, it's a fun setup. I have my computer going into the TV through a nice DVI->HDMI cable, you can get them on ebay for less than $10. Unfortunately I gotta daisychain my Genesis and my cable, and I don't have enough RCA jacks for my PS2, Gamecube, and Dreamcast, so I'm gonna try to get component video for two of them. I also have a SNES I haven't even hooked up yet, but once I do I think I might have to make one big "old-ass consoles, and my cable too" daisychain. R/F is kinda horrible yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLyGeN Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 OverCoat, would it be possible to just use some Y-adapters for your composite stuff? Just have all the video and audio streams come together into their respective ports, and just turn one on at a time? Would you risk blowing something out if you accidentally turned on too many systems and had too much video signal? I think I have a Y-adapter, and I have two systems hooked to my TV right now. So tempting to try it.... and so tempting to see what happens if I try to feed two video signals at once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 i also have a similar setup i dont know why i didnt say it i have a 24" monitor that i also use for my consoles pc hooked to dvi (1920x1200) 360 on hdmi (1080p) wii on component (480p) ps2 on s video (dont know dont care) being that there are no speakers on my monitor i have some nice computer speakers that i use for everything and control with one of those silly video selector things everything looks really nice and works fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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