Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
Digital output is for audio only, not video.
This. And to be honest, if you're just running the sound into a TV there's not a whole lot of point with the PS2 since you'll never hear any difference in stereo on poor quality speakers. Makes a difference with surround though, but obviously that would be the case since you're not going to get a surround signal over stereo cables.

But yeah, the difference between composite and component is night and day in a lot of cases. The biggest difference I saw with the switch was in Gran Turismo 4, but it was actually made to run at 480p.