component cables against scart

[hughesdecorator]

I have been told that to hook up my dvd recorder to the plasma tele I am better using component cables instead of a scart cable . Is this true and why?
Both it are Pnaonic so ill the Q-Link ystem till ork using component cables
Is there any w of telling what are the better omponent cables.
thanks

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yes its true cuz you will get progressive scan ,scart is pants by comparison (thats as technical as I can get with this lollol )

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

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yes its true cuz you will get progressive scan ,scart is pants by comparison (thats as technical as I can get with this lollol )

you can get progressive scan through scart. Will i do on my DVD player and TV

[hughesdecorator]

saw the bit about progressive scan in the manual is it that much better?

The only real difference with individual cables is they get individual shields rather than a common shield in a scart cable. This may mean the impedance is closer to 75ohms with individual cables than a scart. Over short distances though I'm not sure you would notice any difference.

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

you can get progressive scan through scart. Will i do on my DVD player and TV

are you sure? progressive scan needs red green and blue individual
your tv may have a dummy feature that mimics progressive using interlaced signals

when you get set of odd lines from interlaced signal it will generate the even set using algorithms and vice versa

[Chicken]

SCART has RGB connections, in fact that one of the main reasons SCART was designed. It allows RGB to be overlaid onto the main image - in exactly the same way as Teletext subtitles are displayed.

Many of the cheaper SCART cables don't have the internal cables/connections needed for RGB and you get either composite or (if your lucky) SVIDEO, both of which look poor in comparison.

A good quality fully wired SCART cable will give you a picture that is indistinguishable to using component cables.

The only real difference with individual cables is they get individual shields rather than a common shield in a scart cable.

RGB signals are carried in SCART cables using individually screen cables.

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

[hughesdecorator]

thanks chicken,

I'll get a couple of good scarts i think.

[bob_a_builder]

RGB signals are carried in SCART cables using individually screen cables.

where does it say that ..

"Quality differences exist in SCART cables. While a proper SCART cable would use miniature coax cables for the video signals, cheap SCART cables often use plain wires for all signals, resulting in a loss of image quality and greatly reducing the maximum cable length."

"To non-destructively verify if a SCART cable uses coax cables, one can unscrew the strain relief at the SCART connector and fold open the plastic shell"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

[Graham M]

IE Not ALL do, just the expensive ones