Getting Component video out of G1S-A1

I've searched and found nothing.

I have an SDTV with component inputs, and was wondering if there's any way to get 480i out of the G1S-A1? The HDMI port's pretty much a no-go, I'd think, considering HDCP and all that garbage. I've read that VGA-to-Component adapters are sketchy and usually vendor-dependent. Anyone had any luck with any of them before? I suppose worst case scenario I could use one of those VGA downconverters, but they're pricey.

Or will there not be much of a difference between component and S-Video? The quality out of my DVD recorder definitely seems better from the component output.

 

I'm assuming you are trying to do this for games, since running DVD's on a 480i television from your G1 when you already have the DVD-r with component connections is silly.

On the same TV, even basic ones using 480i, component video will generally appear better quality due to the splits of the color signals to separate lines rather than bundling them as in S-V. However, while the difference may be apparent in side-by-side comparisons, most people can't look at a screen and say "hey, that's only s-video" without knowing. Quality of the visual image is always in the eye of the observer - deciding what you can live with is an individual thing. For games, which are generally going to be down-sampled resolution anyway and much faster action on average from the typical film based entertainment, you'll probably not notice much difference unless you're picky.

 

Indeed, games and youtube. What you say is certainly correct, but the curious side of me just wants to know if anyone has tried to use any of those adapters before. Thank you for your reply!

 

Maybe this may help http://sewelldirect.com/dvivideoadapter.asp. I looked at it very breifly so dont know if it would work. You can easily get a dvi to hdmi connection. Hdcp should'nt really be an issue, well im basing that on the fact that Ive used a component out to get a 1080i picture on a non hdmi enabled projector. Hdcp may only really matter depending on the content your trying to view, and if I understand your post properly your just using the tv as an external screen for your laptop right?

Reading that back to myself, its kinda misleading. I used component out from a hd box not the laptop.