On Mon, 22 Apr 2013, Your Name wrote:
And of course, things are so integrated that it costs pretty much nothing to have the extra inputs, except the actual input jacks. I don'tknow about LCD tv sets, I've not looked in one yet, but the LCD monitors I've brought home have minimal number of ICs, so removing composite input from the ICs isn't going to save any money. The jacks are a different matter, that's a real cost.In article <0a38ae89-f1ad-44fb-b1cd-42cb5565caac@googlegroups.com>, sicklittlemonkey <nick.westgate@gmail.com> wrote:With standardization of digital TV and devices outputting only in VGA, DVI or HDMI, I feel that soon (maybe now) we'll see the last generation of TV/Monitors that support component input.I doubt that component video is going anywhere soon. The connections have been used for quite a while and are on so MANY, MANY devices, that even if the TV itself doesn't ship with component video sockets, there will be adpators / convertors around for many years yet.
On the other hand, one LCD tv set I saw had a sort of odd connector, and something would plug in there to get RCA jacks for the composite (and I think even component) video. Odd, since if you lose the adapter you likely spend a lot for a replacement since it's not a standard thing, but they don't have to dedicate space to the connectors.
Michael