If there is any benefits in picture quality of HDMI vs. component, then using a converter to go from an analog signal(component) to a digital signal (HDMI) will probably be lost in the A-D conversion. It kinda defeats the purpose of using HDMI, which is an all digital signal.
digital is not automagically better than analog for video signals, it depends on many variables (mostly interference and the quality of adc/dacs used in the display and source).
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If there is any benefits in picture quality of HDMI vs. component, then using a converter to go from an analog signal(component) to a digital signal (HDMI) will probably be lost in the A-D conversion. It kinda defeats the purpose of using HDMI, which is an all digital signal.
the picture quality wouldn't matter to me, as long as I could upscale my DVDs, and enjoy my games and HD DVDs @ 1080p
why would the quality degrade? it's trancoding!
digital is not automagically better than analog for video signals, it depends on many variables (mostly interference and the quality of adc/dacs used in the display and source).