“I am using a 12 ' composite cable set (yellow, red, white) in a component video environment,. am I losing any signal quality??”
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Not really provided it’s a quality shielded cable.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The preferred method for connecting components is to use HDMI cables. However, if your are limited to the number of HDMI connections available, I would use these composite cables as a work around solution. This is the solution I used and did not notice too much degradation in signal loss on the 4K Vizio TV when using these cables.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. As for the actual video signal, Composite video and Component video signals are very different. Composite video is limited to 480i (standard definition interlaced), whereas Component video can support much higher resolutions (including 720p, 1080i and in some cases 1080p High Definition video signals with progressive video - which is better than interlaced video). In Composite video, the chroma (color) and luma (brightness) channels are mixed together which can cause some artifacts/distortion and a general loss in picture quality. In Component video, there are 3 discrete (separate) channels that carry various color and brightness information in such a way that there is no interference and the picture remains true to its color and crystal clear in sharpness. Both Composite and Component video are analog signals (compared to HDMI which is digital). Not all electronics support High Definition video through the Component output (in many cases video may be limited to 480p which is Standard Definition but with progressive video - which is still much better than the 480i provided by Composite video).
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