What is the difference between Component Video and DVI/HDMI digital interface?
The new generations of DVD players and the set-top boxes comes with the DVI/HDMI enabled interface standards. But what does this mean? The DVI/HDMI interface is for the HDTV which gives the full capabilities of the HDTV systems. The full resolution of the HDTV is 1920 X 1080P, which requires the large bandwidth. The current component video standard is analog standard. Analog signals have inherent noise problems, so some of the noise is created during AD conversion in set-top box or DVD player. The final quality on the display systems is not as good as original signal. Where as, the DVI/HDMI interface carries digital information through its differential pairs of wires. This way there is no loss of picture quality since the signal is in its digital form. The component video system is a system interface chain as follows… Set top box > DA conversion > component cable > AD conversion on display where as in DVI/HDMI interface Set top box > Digital interface > DVI/HDMI cable > Display In th
