On Feb 9, 2008 9:11 AM, 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? </blockquote>
<div><br>You probably would see a drop in quality moving to component, though it will depend on the converter and the TV. With my plasma I can see a difference between VGA and DVI and component will be worse than VGA (though it may not be noticeable).<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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? </blockquote>
<div><br>I don't think you'll be able to feed a 1360x768 signal to the TV via component. I'm not sure how the converter will handle it but I imagine that the TV will be expecting a "TV" resolution - 480i/p, 576i/p, 720ip, or 1080i/p. Check your TV manual.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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>
</blockquote></div><br>You should probably just try it unless the converter is expensive. Only you can say whether the drop in quality is worth the convenience.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>