Video Cables
With the huge variety of video cables available today, it has become possible to get the best video output possible from a home theater system, in addition to making connectivity easier. A video cable connects the video source output to the video monitor’s input. You can also combine different video cables through adaptors, which help connect input and output types that don’t match, with ease.
Some of the most commonly used video cables are component, composite, DVI, HDCP, HDMI, SVGA and S-Video cables. S-Video cable or Super video cable originated from super VHS format. These are better than composite video connectors. S video cables are far clearer and preferable for NTSC video connections wherever available. Also, these are less costly when you compare the cost to other types of cable.
Audio Video cables are great for viewing your photos and videos. With this, you can connect the Zen Vision M Audio video cable to your TV set, enabling you sit back and watch all your photos as slideshows and movies on your wide screen. The Panasonic camcorder video cable is a proprietary audio video cable.
iPod video cables enable you connect your iPod directly to your TV through your camcorder AV to RCA cable. BNC video cables can extend high resolution without any loss of image quality. This is an RGB coaxial video cable. These coaxial video cables are formed of three parts – the inner conductor that is a single wire transmitting signals carried by the coaxial cable, the outer conductor made of different material and surrounding insulation.
VGA to component video cables are required when you want to connect your High Definition set top box to your new HDTV without facing compatibility issues. These cables give you DTV and HDTV connectivity, high definition video gaming and web surfing. VGA video cables are standard v15 pin connector cables mostly used for monitors connected to the computer video card. These connector types segregate the three basic video colors red, green and blue in addition to the horizontal and vertical synch info. Most new TVs come with SVGA connectors.
To connect an HDTV with a DVI connection to your home theater receiver with HDMI, you can use an HDMI-to-DVI video cable. HDMI uses a digital audio video cable that does not compress information, enabling the digital signal to be as close to the original as possible. HDMI sends audio while DVI transfers digital video.
