Will there be a difference connecting a Blu-Ray player 720p with component cables vs. HDMI?

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agris

I have a projector capable of 720p. I am looking at a Blu-ray player. I have a component cable to connect with, but not a HDMI. I would have to get an HDMI switch to use the Blu-ray with HDMI as my HDMI is already occupied by my HD Directv. Will there be a noticeable difference using the component cable vs. an HDMI cable?

Answer
Some will claim digital is better but the fact is that component can be better than HDMI in some cases. There should be no noticable difference.

At the moment Blu-ray and HD DVD disks do not include the token that would trigger HDCP ... so you don't need to worry about down sampling of the analog HD signal to sub HD levels. You might in a year or so ... but not yet.

However, just try it and if it doesn't work for whatever reason then get an HDMI switcher (or upgrade your A/V receiver to have HDMI switching capability and process the audio through the surround system to take full advantage of HD audio formats).

Is is possible to get a 1080p picture from a 1080p blu-ray player that's connected to a 720p tv?

angel_girl

My friend says that when she plays a movie on her blu-ray player, she gets a 1080p picture, even though her tv is only 720p. Is this possible?

Answer
No.

All HDTV's convert the input video signal to the resolution inside the TV.

This means your friends BluRay player is out-putting 1080 but the TV then down-converts the video to 720 for processing and display.

Same way if you feed the HDTV a standard def DVD which is 480. The TV will up-convert the video to 720.

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