I own Samsung CRT Flat tv,which comes with composite Input & Output (yellow,red & white) at the back of my tv.
Answer:
Samsung provided component, because component splits the video signal to 3 wires for better separation of luminance (black and white, and color).
To test
TV Side DVD Side
Green - yellow cable --- Green
Red - Red (audio) cable --- Red
Blue -- White (audio) cable --- Blue
You are not going to have audio (you need one more pair), but at least you can see if you prefer component.
It is quite possible that your TV may also support progressive input. It may or not maybe HD, check your user manual for the TV resolution.
Its for progressive scan dvd player, better pic qlty.
Component has been around for years and of the three has the best potential to have the best resolution. It is not exclusively a HD connection. OF the three HD types ( HDMI/DVI) it is the only Analog format. HD still needs to be converted to Analog before we view it.
Composite ( the Yellow one) caries all the video signal chroma, and luminance signal.
S-Video ( the on with 4 pins) carries all the signals but down two separate paths one for luminance and on for chroma.
Component splits the signal into three separate signals on for chroma crimson, one for chroma cyan and a signal the incorporates both green chroma and the luminance signal.
The television will process the signal to get to one step better than component, that is three chroma's and one luminance. The engineers found they could inter-modulate the green chroma and luminance signals. and use a comb filter to have very little noise enter in to the demodulation part of the video signal.
By using component cables( good quality) you will nearly eliminate signal interference caused by video processing.
Is your TV High Def? Don't know unless you can tell me more about it. Does it support HDMI? DVI?
Component will support up to 1080i with the right cables.
The component cable inputs (red blue and green) are the best way to watch a DVD in progressive scan. It is not truly high definition, because it only supports 480p resolution. However, it is digital and has a much better picture than the composite jacks(red white & yellow) because it supports only analog resolution. The only thing to remember is that the component cables only support video so you will need to hook an audio cable up to enjoy sound, either red an white jacks for analog sound or optical for coaxial for digital sound if your TV will support it. You can test to see the difference with your current cables but to take full advantage of the component cable you need to buy at least moderate quality component cables. I don;t care what anyone says the quality of cables will make or break the quality of your picture.
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