HDTV Composite Cables and Other Fun New Terms!

Getting ready to hook up your HDTV? Composite cables are a big part of that operation. As anyone who has ever hooked up a home theatre system can tell you, the back of your television can become a giant heap of cable spaghetti in a matter of minutes. You’ve got cables going here, cables going there, cables everywhere! And most people don’t even know what the cables are that they are using, only that they came with the TV or video game system and that they work.

One kind of cable that is very common for folks with HDTV is composite cables. Most composite cables can be broken down into three different categories. The most common composite cables are the familiar yellow, red and white three-headed cables that are commonly found with TV’s and video games. The other common HDTV composite cables are black with yellow tips, with one end being a male end and the other being a female end. There are also black composite cable with silver or gold tips that usually have a male end on both ends.

Another common type of cable is the DVI cable. This is maybe more familiar to computer users than television experts. At first glance, it really looks like a computer cord, but they are commonly used with HDTV’s as well. Some DVI cable can have the traditional DVI end on one end and a USB plug on the other.

The DVI interface was created for the sole purpose of transferring video around. There are 24 pins in a DVI plug, with a plus-sign shaped set of 5 plugs on the side. If you have a plug that looks like a row of pins with a plus sign next to it, you have a DVI plug.

While all the various cables that are used in today’s HDTV’s, home theatre systems and video games can be rather confusing, once you are able to identify the different kinds of cords used, it becomes a lot less intimidating. It also helps if a cord breaks, you don’t have to worry about someone at a store selling you the wrong cord because you’ll instantly know what you need. The more you know about HDTV composite cables and DVI cables, the better you’ll be at setting up and using your HDTV system.

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