component cables

Red-green-blue video

Component cables are analog video cables that split the signal into three separate channels—typically red, green, and blue connectors carrying luminance and color difference signals.

They were the highest-quality analog connection for DVD players and early HD televisions before digital connections like HDMI became standard: I need component cables to hook up my old PlayStation.

Related
  • RCAHistoric electronics corporation acronym
  • redPrimary color, warm
  • greenColor of vegetation
  • bluePrimary color; also sad
  • color codedMarked by different hues

analog · video · DVD · HDTV · plugs · jacks · yellow · white · composite · standard definition · signal · 480p · 1080i · high definition · connectors · wires · inputs · outputs

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signal type

component cablesHDMI

Audio-video interface standard

HDMI cables · DisplayPort · fiber optic cables · Thunderbolt · coaxial cable

video quality hierarchy

component cablescoaxial cable

Shielded radio frequency wire

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Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G