Video Asylum

Posted by Headknocker on December 05, 2003 at 00:06:03

In Reply to: Yes it is for sure posted by SoundMike on November 26, 2003 at 11:03:27:

While there IS a difference in quality between the component and S-video hookup on larger sets the improvement will probably be minimal at best on a 32" model,particularily on set that you're talking about.

I purchased a pretty good Panasonic 27" for my mom last X-mas and I also bought her an $80 Toshiba DVD player last summer. I already knew that there's very little difference between the S-video and component video hookup on this screen size so my main concern was an S-video hookup when buying the TV. There's a much bigger jump in quality between composite and S-video than between S-video and component. I would always go with a component hookup on large TV's but I think it's a little overkill in the smaller sets.