Thread: Random Home Entertainment Question

If this has found it's way to the wrong area or is just too damn dumb of a question, I apologize.

So - I have come across a free old LCD with NO HDMI inputs. 40" - about 8 yrs old. Works just fine. My question is, can I pick up an HD converter and actually get a better picture out of it? Or will I basically just be upgrading from my old concrete block of a 27" Sony and getting a slightly nicer analog TV? I feel as though I'm just getting a bit of an upgrade without full HD capabilities, but either way, I'm saying yes to a flatscreen, so it can't be that bad.

Thanks for any input.

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To be honest, there is not much of a discernable difference between HDMI and the good old AV cord. The big upside to the HDMI is that it is only one cord that transmits both the picture and sound.JMO

I would disagree with the above, especially with LCD's that have 720p and higher. But like you said, it's a free flatscreen. As long as it looks better take it .

So it works just fine. The only problem is I had forgotten just how freakin loud the fans are on the old flat screen models. Oh well..... the price was right, and hardly notice the noise most of the time.

What inputs does this lcd have? Does it have component in? (RGB + RW audio)
As to whomever said there isn't Mich difference between the old av input and hdmi, try a 720p or better yet 1080p screen with media to match it. I can tell a give difference in my xbox360 and PS3 using hdmi over the red/white/yellow set up. Plus you won't get interference with hdmi, which is a plus.

From my own experience and from talking to people who deal with televisions for a living, most people can't notice the difference between 720P and 1080P until the tv gets into the 50" range. As far as picture quality on my 40", I notice little difference between HDMI and the component cables. I also don't use it to play video games either, but I would expect that the lag time would be lessened by using HDMI.
Also, from the description of the tv,it's probably 480P, making these argments somewhat moot.

From personal experience (I used to sell TV's and home audio stuff and still routinely hang out with my former coworkers who still work there), there won't be a huge difference between component and HDMI. Between composite (the red, white, & yellow cables) and component there is a huge difference. Size wise, for clarity and the whatnot between 720 & 1080, somewhere between 32" & 40" it becomes noticeable depending on the source and what you're used to seeing. The crazy thing is the digital cables, IME, have no real lag issues if they're under 3 Meters. The thing that gets most people is that if you're in to video games, everything that's not Plasma lags like a mothers. LCD is horrendous unless you've put out top dollar. The LED back lit stuff isn't atrocious, but there is noticeable lag, especially in something like, say, Gears or Halo online...