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Component Video Connection

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Component Video Connectors

Component Video Connectors

Robert Silva
Definition: The term, Component Video Connection, refers to video connection in which the separate color and B/W elements of the signal are transfered via separate cables from a source, such as a DVD player, to a video display device, such as a Television or Video Projector. This connection is represented by three RCA cables -- that have Red, Green, and Blue connection tips. There are two types of component video connections in use for consumers:

Y,Pb,Pr - Progressive Scan component video input/output connection.

Y,Cb,Cr - Interlaced scan only component video input/output connection

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Also Known As: Component Connection, Component Video, Y,Pb,Pr - Y,Cb,Cr

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