Thursday, November 19, 2009

On an LCD TV, what's the difference between the HDMI input and the three chord inputs (red, green and blue)?

I have an XBox 360 that came with the HD Chords that have the different colors (regular ones are yellow red and white) rather than the one input chord that goes right into the HDMI pluggin on the back of the TV. The box that it came in says something like "HD component cables" but when I switch the input to the HD setting on the tv itself it says no signal so it's not going through my HD signal on the TV but rather the matching colors (I think the colors are red, green and blue) but the box says those should be HD also. So what's the difference between the two chords and where they go in the tv itself? I do notice a difference when I use the red green and blue chords verses the red white and yellow ones, but I just want to know what the difference is and why it's not showing up on my HD tv setting? Sorry this is so long, any help?

On an LCD TV, what's the difference between the HDMI input and the three chord inputs (red, green and blue)?
The difference between HDMI and Component (red, green, blue) is that HDMI is digital while Component is analog, since HDMI is digital, it sends a better image to the television because it dosen't take a digital image, turn it into analog, then reconvert to digital again, also, it sends extra anti-piracy data to keep from people copying, this varies depending on the media being displayed





Component cables are mainly used on CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) based HDTVs, this goes for CRT rear projection televisions, CRT tube televisions, and CRT projectors (projectors with red, green, and blue individual tubes, kind of like rear projection televisions) being that CRT tubes can't support digital signals





Contrary to what gman said, component CAN support 1080p
Reply:The 3 (red, green and blue cords) are for analog hd which maxes out at 1080i, the hdmi is a digital signal cable which goes to 1080p. The source on your tv should be from component source (rgb cords) not hdmi (hdmi cable). The yellow, red and white cords are for audio (red and white) and yellow for composite video (not hd at all). Hope this helps end the confusion. You are actually getting high definition from the rgb cables (1080i), just not 1080p if you used an hdmi cable.


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