can I replace the red,blue and green video cable with a red, white and yellow video cable?

Answer 1

I would do so only on a temporary basis. Component video cables are actually "video grade" meaning they can pass the full video bandwidth of HD with little signal degradation. The cheap **** red/white/yellow cables you get with every video device are just that: cheap, low quality, often unshielded, low gauge.

You *can* get very good component cables inexpensively. Pacific cable.com, parts express, blue jeans cable, all make great low cost cables.

Answer 2

The red/blue/green cable is a component video cable. The red/white/yellow is a composite video (yellow) plus stereo audio cable. That said both will work for a component connection or composite/audio. As the other responders stated you just need to keep the colour coding right. In other words (for example) to use for a component connection attach the red plugs to the red jacks, the white plugs to the green jacks and and the yellow plugs to the blue jacks.

Purists will say there is a difference ... and in theory this may be true, BUT assuming the wiring and connectors are of reasonable quality the two cable types can be interchanged. I've done it and couldn't tell the difference.

Answer 3

Yes, but. * This assumes that you are connecting the component video output from one device to the component video input of another device, such as a DVD with component video out to a TV with component video in. Just make certain that do not mismatch any of the connections. Connect red to red using the red cable (common sense); then connect blue to blue using either the white or the yellow for both ends. If you use white to connect the blue terminals, then you would use yellow to connect green to green.

On DVD players and TV's, the terminals with red and white are the audio and the yellow is video. The Red, Blue, & Green would be used in place of the single yellow terminal for the highest quality video. (There is a third video connection as well that is in between the single video connection and the component video connections.) Now, the "but" * above is this: Using the red-white-yellow cable will work, but it may not be a high quality low-impedance, shielded, low-noise cable. If that is the case, you may be defeating the whole purpose of the component video, which is to give you the best possible picture from your DVD player. Try it. You might want to upgrade that cable after you see the results.

You still need to connect audio to the TV from your source. This may be directly from the DVD player or indirectly from your home theater system.

Answer 4

There is no reason you can't use any three cables for component. You will get a picture. HOWEVER, the red and white cables are desined for audio, and the yellow for composite video, all of which have much less high frequency content than the signals carried by component cables. Unless the cable are only a foot or so long, you will lose picture quality, because these cables will not carry the high frequencies.

Answer 5

Yes, but the red, white, and yellow are for audio(red and white) and video(yellow)they will work but you suffer in quality. Red, green and blue are called components and separate the diff rent color, giving you more info to the screen. the yellow video feeds everything through the same wire. It would be compared to multitasking. One person doing three jobs will not do as good as three people concentrating on each function.

Answer 6

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Yes, you can use any color interconnect cable you want, just as long as you know which one goes where.

Note: The better the quality of cable, the better your picture quality will be. Gold plated connectors are a good start.

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Answer 7

absolutely...some people will tell you there is a difference but as long as the cables and sheilding are of good quality you won't be able to see a difference

Answer 8

The cable hook ups don't know what color they are...just be consistant with each line connection. It could be purple to purple ,teal to teal . ....to get the best reception maintain the same diameter cables.

Answer 9

Sure you can, but just to help later on when you have to move or what ever. Mark the wire with some sort of lable that makes it clear as to what you did.

Answer 10

yes as long as you use the same color on both connections. ie, left out-red = left in-red or left out -blue=left in- blue. The color of the wire doesnt matter as long you connect it correctly.