Cheapest widescreen with component video input?

[The Pink Flamingo]

As I will shortly be receiving a Toshiba 110 player courtesy of those nice Egg ppl (actually, my wife is also getting one, so who wants to buy it off me? :D ) I am looking for a 28" widescreen TV with component inputs (to match the player). Anyone any idea of the cheapest TV with these included? Many thanks...


TPF

[GarethR]

Does the player not provide RGB output? If so, use that - it's of slightly higher quality than component video, and there are far more TVs which support RGB input (i.e. most of them) as opposed to component.

[Alanok]

I think the most widely available TV with component inputs would be the Toshiba range.

[Confucius]

Since the picture information starts as component (YPrPb) on the disc, and must eventually be RGB before appearing on a display device (digital interfaces excepted), the only differences in quality will be down to:

A. The quality of Component to RGB conversion
B. The quality of cables carrying the signal

All other things being equal the 'quality' should be identical.

[R2-D2]

Originally posted by Confucius
Since the picture information starts as component (YPrPb) on the disc, and must eventually be RGB before appearing on a display device (digital interfaces excepted), the only differences in quality will be down to:

A. The quality of Component to RGB conversion
B. The quality of cables carrying the signal

All other things being equal the 'quality' should be identical.
Good reasoning, and I believe the answer is actually the quality of the conversion, after the signal has been transferred over wires. The Component Video system transmits the whole black-and-white picture over one channel, with two colour difference channels transmitting the colour information. RGB is obviously the red, green and blue bits of the picture over each channel.

I think the idea is that Component Video will give you a better picture from poor quality cabling, with the error occuring more in the colour of that picture than the definition. Believe it or not, colour accuracy is actually a lot less important than definition (i.e., the black-and-white bit). With RGB it's easier for the cable to affect the definition of the picture since it requires all three signals to be uniformly affected (or unaffected!) by the cable.

[The Pink Flamingo]

I think I've probably answered my own question! I've found a TOSHIBA 28Z07B pro-logic 28" flatscreen for £566 delivered. Is that a bargain?

TPF

PS No expert on component video by any means, but I'm just going on ppl's experiences of using it!

PPS Many thanks for your replies, BTW.

[vila]

Originally posted by GarethR
Does the player not provide RGB output? If so, use that - it's of slightly higher quality than component video


Err component is better than RGB, thats why its used in broadcasting and elite HT setup's.

[The Pink Flamingo]

THANK YOU, vila!!! :)


TPF

[john316]

Wasn't that TV the same QVC had on their special value yesterday for about £515 delivered and installed? A bit late now like but still!