Why wouldn't the TV connection work right?

Without crawling behind my TV/DVD/Stereo, I'm just speculating... It sounds like you had the cables right. Red and White are usually Right and Left audio. Yellow video is usually composite video, not component. S-Video is component, but the cable makes connection possible in only the right way.

Pure speculation, but does your DVD have some setup for HD video? Does your TV really have RGB input? Some systems split the video signal into two channels, chrominance and luminance, for color and tone. Sometimes there are one ot two other connectors, for horizontal and vertical sync, but those are rarely found on consumer equipment.

I'm glad it's all working again for you. It sounds like you're watching a composite signal over that yellow wire.

 

I believe all cables need to be of a higher quality to work in Spokane. Whereas in Fargo, any cheap, supermarket quality cable will work. Thus the lack of cheesy TV programming (oxymoron?) in Spokane. The Spokanites TV show commitee only like to select what they feel are premium programs and these premium programs will only air correctly via high end cables. Don't you remember that roadside DVD player checkpoint as you crossed into WA where they recalibrated your DVD component outputs?

The first thing to check is the integrity of the RGB cables. Maybe during the move the cables were coiled up badly and now have shorts. Test each cable separately from your DVD's composite output and see if each works properly.

Next, maybe your DVD player's RGB outputs are bad. Have you ever used them before? Try another set of RGB cables and see if the problem still occurs.

Just wondering, if you have a component DVD player and a TV capable of accepting component, why not take advantage of it? It will improve you DVD viewing experience.

Lastly, check your menu settings for both your TV and DVD player. Check the input and outputs settings. While I doubt if there's a setting that would create such a problem you described it couldn't hurt to double check.

You might want to try checking out these websites:

http://www.hometheaterspot.com/htsthreads/...hreads.php?Cat=

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=11

Someone there would probably be able to answer your questions.

 

It sounds like one of the cables were defective or you did not push the cable in quite enough. You can use the yellow cable in place of each RGB cable to test if one of theRGB cables were bad.

 

The same thing happened to me a few years ago. I always connected DVD players using composite cables (red, white, yellow). Then, on one set, after connecting a VCR and my kids' game console, I had only the component input for the DVD player and was forced to connect the thing with the RGB component cables. After doing so, colors were whacked UNTIL I discovered the DVD player had a MENU setting and selected "component" as the output for the player. So, as Prius Noir said, check the menu settings on your player.

 

Just to point out - in the US, you don't have RGB component output from your consumer video kit. You have component YPbPr. They colour the connectors red, green and blue, but it isn't RGB.

 

I second 'tag' opinion. Some DVD players don't have auto-detection capability. You have to switch the menu to output from component video. It happened to me on my Phillips. My Sony, on the other hand, has no such issue. Very puzzling when it happens...

BTW,
DVI > component > S-Video > composite

 

'Cheesy TV' would be redundant. 'Reality TV', now that's an oxymoron!

 

Yep, and I should know better; I've been messing around with this stuff for too long. :lol:

 

You might not be able to get into "setup" on your player with a DVD loaded. You might be able to do so without a DVD in the tray, though.

Also, check setup on your television set. There might be a setting for component in.

 

Of course! Vast conspiracy to sell us overpriced sets of cables! :lol:

Also, of course, we should probably upgrade our equipment so we can see the difference.

 

one thing i would have done differently. the connection from the cable to TV is not as critical as the one from TV to DVD so i would have used the component video for TV to DVD and the three composites (yellow red white) for cable to TV provided you are only watching standard cable. for HD cable, the better cabliing is required all around. your picture WILL drop to the level of the weakest link. because DVD's play in a much higher quality format, spend the money on that interface... in most cases, cable to TV can easily be done with the $9.95 cables

and if you think component video is expensive, i have a DVD recorder that plays professionally recorded DVD's in 1080i upscan (if you have a 1080i capable TV)... it requires a HDMI cable... that cable was $150 for an 8 footer!!

 

Yeah, it's ridiculous. I've seen a Sony player, that upconverts to 1080i, selling for less than $150 without the cable while, a few feet away, a Samsung player with roughly the same specs was selling for the same price, cable included. Sheesh!

 

There are two forms of component (Y PB Pr) video, progressive and interlaced. I surmise that your TV supports interlaced, but not progressive. Your cable box supports interlaced (and possibly progressive) and your DVD player supports progressive (or at least was set to progressive). That means DVD player on progressive to TV which supports only interlaced = no joy.

I had a similar issue with my TV (interlaced component input) being driven by my ReplayTV (progressive component output). I would get this odd rolling image.

For more information:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/component.htm

 

OMG! Believe it or not, years and years ago a friend of mine brought me to a simultaneous tournament sponsored by his chess club and the expert they got was...........Dzindzi!