component cables help.

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

Hey i am wandering are component cables the same as av cables i know there red blue green but are those just color coded for them to make it easy for everyone? I dont want to go buy any component cables when i have plenty of av cable to make my own 3 so i was wandering are they just color coded or special wiring underneath?

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[ace_800 5,000+ posts]

U can't use regular av cables for component cables. The comp cables are better quality and will send a better signal to the TV. The red and white av cables will not send the video signal.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

Hey i am wandering are component cables the same as av cables i know there red blue green but are those just color coded for them to make it easy for everyone? I dont want to go buy any component cables when i have plenty of av cable to make my own 3 so i was wandering are they just color coded or special wiring underneath?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

yes they will.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

ok so one is yes and one is no so what is the answer here?

I just am trying to save money here and i will be using this for my video card it has a s-video to component for the tv out so i can hook it up to my tv thats all i am going to be using the cables for which i do want to project 1080i out as well.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

yes they will.

Indeed.

Yes they will, done it before.

nG

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

Hey i am wandering are component cables the same as av cables i know there red blue green but are those just color coded for them to make it easy for everyone? I dont want to go buy any component cables when i have plenty of av cable to make my own 3 so i was wandering are they just color coded or special wiring underneath?

You need RBG's, not just A/V. The RBG's split the signal up to provide a higher resolution picture, and are indeed different cables.

U can't use regular av cables for component cables. The comp cables are better quality and will send a better signal to the TV. The red and white av cables will not send the video signal.

Noah and DB are correct, you can use yellow for audio, or white/red for video, and vice versa...

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

It will work, but not be of the highest quality.

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[Macklessdaddy 10+ year member]

Hey i am wandering are component cables the same as av cables i know there red blue green but are those just color coded for them to make it easy for everyone? I dont want to go buy any component cables when i have plenty of av cable to make my own 3 so i was wandering are they just color coded or special wiring underneath?

I did it last night not knowing I had a set of component cables,and the picture was no different to me,only thing is the color coding of the comp cables made it easier.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

It will work, but not be of the highest quality.
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Correct, and it should work, and of course it wouldn't have as high of a quality potential.
I guess I'm just trying to tell the OP that they are theoretically different cables with 5 ends w/ RBG's compared to 3 with A/V.

 

[NoPh33rRaCiNg 10+ year member]

AV cables are cheap, get components

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

wrong

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

how did this get made 2 times?