Is it possible to use an rca connector (yellow, red, white) to connect the dvd to the plasma's component video

Question

component being the red, green, blue jacks or would the purchase of properly colour-coded cable be required?

Answer 1

No both cables are not the same just get the right colour-coded component cables for your hook up the ones that cost 10-20 dollars will do the job but I also suggest you buy an optical cable for sounds as the component cable is only for video or the digital coaxial cable,RCA red-white will do too.

Answer 2

Yes this will work, but you are not going to see the quality you would see with better cables. Electrical signals do cae what medium they run through, as well as the guage of the wire, wind of the wire, evn the amount of oxygen in a cable can affect it's performance. The reason there are bigger cables and better cables is because they are bigger and better. The longer the run the bigger the cable needs to be. For a 5 - 6 foot component cable you are going to want to spend between 30 and 50 for a good cable that will give you great picture quality. Also if you are going to run component you probably also have the option for running digital audio instead of analog through RCA, if it is available on your dvd player use optical, sometimes called toslink on some units. Otherwise use the coax connection if it has that, use composite(basic RCA's) as a LAST RESORT. They cannot carry 5.1 suround sound when hooked up in stereo mode. This ultimately, however, boils down to a preference issue, if you dont mind the way it looks when you hook it up the basic way, then go for it that way, but if you want to experience tru HOME THEATRE, you are going to want to buy the good cables and go for the gold. Questions like this always seem to pull conspiracy theorists out of the woodwork, to say that there is no difference. I challenge those people to apply their logic to cars. Sure a kia will get you to the same place a Mercedes will. BUt in the mercedes you are going to be more comfortable, look better and be able to get there faster and with more panache. If i have to choose between the two, if I can afford it I will take the Mercedes please.

Answer 3

It's possible - but it often wont work.



Here are the facts:



Video cables need to be made with something called "75 ohm" coax. The Yellow cable in a set is made with this and often the red & white cables are also identical.



But people got wise to this and places like Radio Shack started making the red & white cables with different coax which work for audio, but mess up the video.



ALSO - component cables are not HD cables



Component has been around since the 1940's. If the package says "component" - it only has to work with standard def video which has a max frequency about 4 mhz.



Progressive video goes up to 12 mhz

HD video goes up to 35 mhz



Lots of "Joe-six-packs" buy a $10 component cable from the dollar store to hook up to their new HDTV and then brag how they saved money. They don't know enough (or don't admit) how there is a loss of fine focus details, some ghosting, colors are not solid, etc. (The jump in picture quality over standard def is amazing so this hides the flaws).



You can get good, HD video rated cables from www.bluejeanscables.com for about $50. These will perform as well as the $200 Monster retail cable and they have published frequency response and other specs that video engineers look for when used in the broadcast industry.



There IS a lot of fraud/junk science going around to get you to over buy on cables. But dont be super-cheep and try to use old yellow/red/white cables on your new HDTV - buy the proper cables.

Answer 4

Yes. Both sets of cables are physically the same, the only difference is the colors. When using composite(yellow, red, white) as component (red, blue, green, ) just make sure the cables are going to the matching colors on the tv an dvd player. Remember, with component you will also need to use a seperate cable for audio.

Answer 5

You're far better off buying a component cable as there are different builds between the two.



You can get a top quality 18 gauge component video cable for $9 from Monoprice that will perform as well as the one Monster is charging you $79 for.



http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10235&cs_id=1023502&p_id=2769&seq=1&format=2

Answer 6

Yes -- if the DVD outputs are of the same electronic type (such as RGB) as the TV's component inputs. Pick a consistent color mapping, and stick with it.

Answer 7

Ask George Lopez he knows all