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CONNECTING A DEVICE - AUDIO & VIDEO CABLE TYPES
AV CABLE
AV cables (or Composite cables) are the traditional way of connecting your devices to your TV. Video signals are sent over the yellow connector while audio is sent over the red and white connectors.
COAXIAL CABLE
Coaxial cables are the traditional way of connecting antennas and cable television signals to your TV. Coaxial cables carry both audio and video signals through a single connector.
COMPONENT CABLE
Component cables are designed to carry high definition video signals along with additional audio connections. Colors are delivered with color information split up three different ways over three connectors for video (separated into Red, Blue and Green signals) and the left and right audio connectors (Red and White).
HDMI CABLE
HDMI is the intelligent,
• Video Resolutions up to 480i | • HD Video Resolutions up to 1080i | ||
• | Analog Connection | • | Analog Connection |
• | Audio and Video Signals | • | Audio and Video Signals |
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•HD Video Resolutions up to 1080i
•Analog Connection
•Audio and Video Signals
R | L |
| Pr/Cr Pb/Cb | Y | ||||||||||
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•HD Video Resolutions up to 1080p
•HD Audio
•Digital Connection
•Audio and Video Signals
HDMI
GOOD | BETTER | BETTER | BEST |
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