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DeltaXIII on 06 July 2009
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nordlead said:
DeltaXIII said:
COKTOE said:
volrath50 said:
Honestly, I think the survey is probably busted. It'd be nice were it true, I love Blu-Ray, but that stat is AWFULLY high. I'd be shocked if 87% of PS3 owners have it hooked up to an HDTV, let alone hooked up correctly to an HDTV (I see countless HDTVs hooked up to an HD source using, *ugh* component cables, downgrading it to 480i).

It's probably like those surveys showing something like 20% of Americans think they have an HDTV when they don't. Like my grandmother. She's paying for HD programming, and is absolutely convinced she has an HDTV, when in reality she has a crappy 480i CRT TV hooked up to an HD satellite box. 0_o


Don't you mean composite cables?

I certainly hope so. Component supports 1080p.

I also find the number a bit high. I can understand it going up a good amount, but not quite that much, but it's possible.

As of 2 years ago there was no standard for Component video to support 1080p. HDMI became popular and I don't believe any standard has been made to this day. While 1080p is physically possible over component, I believe the only standard for american TVs is via HDMI or ATSC over the air broadcast (which only currently supports 30fps)

So, Component only supports 480i/p, 576i/p 720p, and 1080i and you must use HDMI for 1080p.

I will admit that I have only personally used component for up to 720p, but wikipedia and some component cables on newegg specify that it does support 1080p, so could you please elaborate on what you mean?

Edit: I think I found what you mean. That the CEA denied a 1080p standard on component because of trouble making it work with the DRM the industry wants to use, so for Blu-ray movies, it may limit it to 1080i, but for the game systems themselves and many other products, computers or what not if you wanted, then 1080p works fine is what I'm finding. And yes, not all TVs and such support it, but from what I read, many if not most that use 1080p accept 1080p signal through component. It's just things like the Blu-ray players refusing to send it above 1080i.