[DM-MUG] Q ref Apple TV

[Jon Thompson]

You want it to use HDMI if you have it.  All HDMI TVs are digital  
(although not all digital TVs have HDMI.)

HDMI is entirely digital.  Anything else has an analog component in  
the middle.  I've listed the entire video paths for each connection,  
illustrating the changes in format.  I have omitted a couple steps  
that don't need to be illustrated.

Camera(analog)->Encoder(Digital)->TV->HDMI->TV->Your Eyes(analog)
Camera(analog)->Encoder(Digital)->TV->Composite/Component(ANALOG)- 
 >TV(Digital)->Your Eyes(analog)

Putting that analog component in reduces the quality slightly.

3 cable (red, white, and yellow) meaning two audio ports and a video  
is called "composite."  3 cable (red, green, blue)meaning that they  
don't count the audio is called "component."  Component is much better  
than composite.

-- 
- Jon
On May 30, 2008, at 1:06 PM, David McLaughlin wrote:

>> 3port cable so it doesn't use the HDMI port == so I gather I just  
>> plug the HDMI thing into the Apple TV and then the other end to the  
>> TV???  That should do it???
>
> Yes.  The 3 cable video connection is called a"component" video  
> connection.
>
> After connecting the Apple TV, you will have to switch between the  
> sources (i.e. Apple TV & DVR) using the TV's remote, depending on  
> which device you are watching.
>
> Dave McLaughlin
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