component connection - Page 2

ShadowTD · 11-06-2008, 12:38

I was just about to point out that V+ does upscale via component, but other people beat me to it. HDMI also allows you to watch copy-protected HD content, such as HD Filmflex movies.

jab1990 · 11-06-2008, 21:04

will virgin provide me with a component connection? Also is it only hd shows i will be unable to watch over component as this does not matter to me as i do rent any movies from virgin and ther eon demand hd tv series are pants.

accessjunky · 11-06-2008, 21:39

The V+ box has component outputs on the back. The cable for the component connection can be picked up reasonably cheaply from places like Maplin see:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...43111&doy=11m6

at £14.99

You can watch BBC HD (and any other HD channels that may one day turn up on VM

) and on demand HD programmes. The only thing I haven't been able to watch are the HD versions of the Filmflex movies which is a shame but not desperate.

**Matt D** · 12-06-2008, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by accessjunky

So Matt D was incorrect to say:

and, although the basic principle to use HDMI is justified for the other reasons stated in the thread, upscaling isn't one of them.

Ah, fair enough

I assumed it was the same as with DVDs etc.

Still, even though it does upscale over component, there are still copy protection issues for some content.