An image that's intended for a 2" screen is going to look a bit less than impressive when blown up to 50". I really doubt you'd see any big difference in quality between the two at least nothing to justify $60 cables. if these http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speaker-c...ool-302478.php don't seem like a good deal to you I'd skip the component cables. as for the filtering options I'm disappointed it doesn't give you a few smoother filters, guess I'm just spoiled by emulators.