I have tried both S-Video and component cables with my Outlaw 1050, Toshiba 3108 & 36" Cinema Select Sharp TV. Although they're only separated by a few feet I notice a difference(even with movies) when using the superior component connections. On a side note the DVDs that I've tried to make copies of were all scrambled. So if you were planning on doing a good bit of that you might be out of luck. Any of the decent component interconnects should have sufficient shielding so I doubt you should get interference. You can always return stuff :-)