Analog breakdown: Composite, component, S-Video, oh my!
July 4, 2008 by Christopher Swenson
Filed under Electronics
One of the biggest sources of confusion to many HDTV buyers is all of the cables. Many of us HD-ready folks have gone over to relatives and friends house only to see the most dreaded of all cables hooked up to their gorgeous new 46" HDTV:
It’s gonna be okay.
Well, first off, what’s so wrong with seeing the trusted ol’ composite cables? Well, first off, composite cable is really just a single channel of NTSC video thrown onto the yellow cable, with the audio split between the two white and red cables. In other words, the video information …read more
