tv A/V Question

[Paul Stanley 0]

What in the fuck do they do?

 

I have an S-Video cable hooked up in its connector, along with the Red/White audio on the side..and on the back it says 'DVD' and underneath it has the green, blue and white connectors all empty, on the back of my DVD player it has the same thing..will it improve the picture of my dvds or what?

 

[MrRant 0]

Those are component connectors. Yes they will.

[Paul Stanley 0]

Another question:

 

My TV has 5 of those suckers, my DVD player only has 3.....BUT underneath the 3 there is the standard 3(red/white/yellow), do I connect all 5 plugs to the TV, THEN..connect to the top 3 and bottom 2 to get it?!?

[MrRant 0]

What brand and model # is the TV? Have you looked at the manual for the TV yet?

[JJMc 0]

Plug in all of the green/red/blue ones, then plug in ONLY the red/white ones, not the yellow. Cheers. -Jim

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Here's the general connections for audio/video, to hopefully clear things up:

 

F-Coax (cable): Combines both the video and audio in one black cable, usually with some time of screw on connector on both ends. This will usually result in the lowest quality, since everything is sent through one connection. This is often the only way to get cable TV to your television though.

 

Composite Video (single yellow cable): One wire sends only video. Will usually give you a better picture than F-Coax. Decent VCRs usually have an output of this type.

 

S-Video: Has weird multi-pin connectors on both ends of the wire, which can only be inserted one way (ie. you have to line of the pins with the holes). Will give better quality than composite. DVD players and higher end VCRs usually have S-Video out, as well as some video game systems.

 

Component Video (red/blue/green): Three separate wire, all of which handle the video signal. One cable is for the black and white signal, the other two create color by having one handle chrominance, and one handle luminance, IIRC. This will give you the best quality possible for video, and is also capable of sending a high definition signal to your high def TV, unlike the others mentioned. Any decent DVD player will have component video output. Some cable or satellite (usually high definition) boxes have these as well.

 

Stereo RCA (Red/White): Named so because the RCA company invented this connection. This is strictly an audio connection. One (usually white) handles the left speaker sound, the other (red) the right speaker sound. If you only have one connected, you will only get mono sound. Mono TVs and other mono equipment usually only have the white connector.

 

Digital Coax (single black or orange connector): Uses a single cable, exactly like a single RCA cable. This will send a digital audio signal to your equipment, and would usually be routed from a DVD player or other audio device to a digital surround sound capable receiver.

 

Optical Cable: Uses a beam of light to transmit digital sound. Does the same job as digital coax. These cables are very fragile...one kink and they're ruined. Some DVD players and receivers have these connections.

 

Hopefully this helps some of you with connection questions. Let me know if anything isn't clear here.

[Paul Stanley 0]

I got it figured out, i bought some of those cables and the picture is FANTASTIC, better than S-Video!!

 

The digital audio cable is also handy for my Kawasaki Home Theater standalone 5.1 system.