d) ... it costs more there was a time when i used composite to display my video on a television and yes it was total ****. when i moved to svideo it was almost usable ... but then i hated that tv so i returned it and picked up my projector. it displays 800x600 natively and scales up to something like 1400x1050 or some weird number like that. as far as readablility goes ... lets put it this way ...