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Username: Dark_wolf

Post Number: 1
Registered: Nov-06
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Hi, I've bought a projector for my home theater that can display up to 480p. The guy at the shop sold me a 150$ cable that really look like a composite one. (It has the colors red-white-yellow) But the fact is that I need a component cable for my projector.

Can this cable be used as a component cable?

In fact, can we use a composite cable as a component cable? Are they made the same way?
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Username: Leew

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Post Number: 715
Registered: Jan-06
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you can try,
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Username: Dark_wolf

Post Number: 3
Registered: Nov-06
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I made the test : It works!

But the image seemed to be darker... Is it because the cable I used from my DVD to my receiver is a cheap (composite) one?
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Username: Samijubal

Post Number: 3115
Registered: Jul-04
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Everything you could ever want to know about component cables.
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/ComponentVideo Cables.php
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