Understanding video connections

Warning To prevent electrical shock, unplug your LCD TV before connecting any external components. To restart your LCD TV, see “Turning on the power” on page 10.

Your LCD TV has four types of standard video connections. You should use the best connection available to get the best display. For example, if your DVD player supports a component video connection, connect the DVD player to your LCD TV using component video instead of composite video or S-Video.

Connection QualityCable and Connector

Description

 

 

 

Basic

 

Coaxial (RF). The video and audio signals are

 

 

both carried in one cable (the other three

 

 

connection types only handle video, and

 

 

require separate connections for sound).

 

 

Coaxial is the only way to connect an antenna

 

 

to your LCD TV.

 

 

 

Good

 

Composite. The video signal is carried through

 

 

a single “pin.” This connection method is the

 

 

one that is most commonly found on devices.

Better

S-Video.The video signal is split into two

 

signals, black-and-white and color. Text

 

displayed on-screen through this connection

 

will be noticeably sharper than composite or

 

coaxial (RF).

Best

Component. The video signal is split into three

 

signals, two color, and one black-and-white.

 

Use component video to take advantage of the

 

superior picture provided by signal sources as

 

HDTV and DVD.

 

 

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