I'm pretty late to the party on this whole cable connection types and quality thing. I ordered a component cable for my Xbox which works great. No artifacting, checkerboard or other weird things in my TV, the connectors fits the jacks at both ends great for like 5 bucks. Noticeable jump in quality despite how I am working with a pretty crappy little LCD HDTV I got for free until I move and get a CRT.
I ordered some PS2 component cables for like 3.43 on ebay because, like the Xbox ones, it didn't seem like much of a risk. They came and the jack was too big for my slim PS2. Got a refund because my baby's gotta last until the aliens come and messing up the AV port is a dumb way for this thing to go. Bought a second PS2 cable for 5.87, possibly because I'm a moron, we'll see, and the connector actually can fit but it's really tight. The original composite slips right in neatly and doesn't give me none of that. The composite actually even seems to be able to wiggle just a little in there. This second PS2 cable works as well as the Xbox one, no complaints in terms of picture quality on the TV. My question is is a component cable fitting tighter than a composite cable into a PS2 normal? Would I get this if I ponied up the 10-20 for a component cable with a brand or god forbid an official one? Anybody have experience with a PS2 AV jack getting messed up longterm because you used a cable with a connector that just didn't seem to fit as well as it should? Could it like warp or modify my AV port on my PS2 in frightening ways?
I'd really appreciate some opinions here. Let me have it. Do your worst.