Progressive Scan Cables...?

Question

I have a HD LCD TV and a progressive scan DVD player.

My TV has Y/Pb/Pr (Red, Green, Blue) ports for progressive scan DVD players.

But my DVD player has Y/Cb/Cr (Red, Green, Blue) ports.

Are they the same?

Also, can I just use the normal Yellow/Red/White cables and plug them into Y/Pr/Pb ports? Will that work or do I have to buy new Blue/Green/Red cables?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use the normal yellow/red/white cables and it will work, you will see an improvement in picture if you actually use component video cables.

If you get 10$ component video cables you will get the same results as the regular a/v cables. I would say invest anywhere between 60$-100$ for good component video cables.

Answer 2

"Also, can I just use the normal Yellow/Red/White cables and plug them into Y/Pr/Pb ports? "

No.... or not really.

Look - all video cables are made with something called 75 ohm coax. This is the Yellow cable in your set.

But the L/R audio cable can be made with any of the popular impedences. You might be lucky and the manufacturer DID simply take 3 video cables and put red/white plugs on the ends of two of them.  But I know Radio Shack caught on to that a few years ago and makes the L/R cables out of a different impedence.

The safest bet is to buy a real HD rated component cable set.  My favorite place for these is BlueJeans.  They sell stuff normally installed in TV production studios - but it's cheaper than retail cables.

Also - "Component" cables only have to handle standard def video which goes up to 4 Mhz.  Progressive video goes up to 13 Mhz. This is why I say make sure your cables are "HD Rated".  The stuff from BlueJeans can handle up to 1080p frequencies (35 Mhz).

Good luck.