On Feb 8, 2008 12:11 PM, Justin <<a href="mailto:luitjens@cs.utah.edu">luitjens@cs.utah.edu</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I currently take my PC video from my computer straight to the TV using a straight through VGA cable. I have a mixer which does not support a VGA or DVI input. However, it does support many component inputs. I see there are cables which can go from VGA or DVI to Component. My question is will I have decernable loss in video quality if I do this? My TV's native resolution is 1360x768 and i'd like to keep the signal at that resolution. Will a DVI to component cable alter the resolution? Will that cable be able to handle a 1360x768 progressive signal? The reason I want to do this is that I don't want to have to switch the TV input and the mixer input when I want to switch what I'm watching. I want it all to be controlled by the mixer.<br>
<br>If anyone has knowledge of this process I'd be great full for your insight.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>I've tried one of the VGA to component cables in the past with bad results. The colors were all wrong.<br>
<br>On one of my frontends, I have an adapter box that takes VGA in and translates it to component out. This little box works great. The TV is a older 55" projection screen, definitely pre-HD but has component in connectors. I remember that it was advertised for use with progressive scan DVD players.<br>
<br>In any event, the picture quality through this box via component out is much better than s-video. <br><br>I am at work, so I can't provide any info about the specific box. But I've seen many like it in specialty video stores and on the internet.<br>
<br>Tom<br>