TV-DVD: Component Video Cable

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I just bought a new Sony HD TV. I used my usual composite cable to connect the DVD to the new TV. It looked great.

I then purchased a component video cable (3 individual cables, Y, Pb, Pr). Connected it properly (matching the color coded cables) and I found that the TV became too red. Something is wrong, cable, TV or DVD? What do you think?

Let's say, this is not the way to go. Which should be the 2nd choice, composite or S-video?
 
I tried to adjust the colors but I could not get it right.

When you connect your DVD to your TV using composite video, do you see much color differences between the S-video pr component video cable?

The way I look at it, something must be wrong. It can't be so much differences in one way or another. I figure something malfunctioned in either the TV, DVD player or the composite video cable. I would guess it's the DVD player since it's more than 2 year old and this is the first time I use composite videio connection.

I will borrow my firends DVD player this weekend to comfirm if the TV and the cable are good.
 
Well, it is hard for me to say. I had a DVD player hooked up to my Mitsubishi 55" widescreen HDTV through the S-Video port. When the sound went out on the DVD player, we went and got a Toshiba progressive scan DVD player which we hooked up through the component ports. Now I KNOW that the progressive scan made a world of difference, but I'm sure that the component video hookups did too. It just looked a world different. So, all I can tell you is that if you have a HDTV, definitely get a progressive scan DVD player. That will make the biggest difference. If not, I would still try to get the component hookups working correctly. Let me know what happens when you try the different DVD player. Also, you don't want to be using really thin cables either. It could be causing signal degredation.
 
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