What is the difference between component video cable and composite video cable? I understand that component video breaks it down to
I understand that component video breaks it down to RGB cable. Which is better quality component or composite? Is composite newly the pro. industry standard?
Answers:
You will get better picture if you distribute the image contained by 3 separate cables to some extent than all surrounded by one. But I think this also have to do with the signal mortal sent through those cables; contained by this case, component can pass HD, not the composite cable. Composite is what the name say ... a composite signal made up of all the components of the video signal. Limited to 480 queue (standard definition) resolution. Cables are a single conductor with RCA plugs on respectively end ... usually color coded wan. Often combined into a three cable connector with two audio connectors next to RCA plugs coded red and white.
Component separates the luminence and chroma parts of a colour signal allowing for a better picture. This requires three cables, again beside RCA plugs, and usually coded red, blue and green.
Composite is the lowest common denominator video nouns ... use if nothing else is available.
Component is able of carrying high definition video (although in our time hardware usually limits resolution to 1080i), and HDMI (a single cable for digital HD video and multi-channel audio) is speedily replacing component as the prefered HD connection.
A third analog video connector cable you did not mention is call S-video (a multi pin DIN socket). It's a compromise between composite and component, giving a slightly better picture than composite but not as good as component.
So, contained by order of increasing resolution and picture feature the various option are:
- composite
- S-video
- component
- HDMI
Hope that clears things up a bit.