When I am down their I will be staying onsite in april, i may want to capture resort tv. I will be in one of the All Star or Pop Century. Can anyone tell me how the Television is hooked up: it could be any of the following. I am thinking Cable. Thanks in advance.
HDMI inputs provide a digital connection to devices such as standard DVD players, Blu-ray high-def disc players, digital-cable boxes, satellite receivers, audio/video receivers, and some computers. HDMI carries audio and video on one cable, simplifying hookup compared to using a three-jack component video input and separate two-jack audio cables. A digital-to-digital connection has the potential to transmit pristine picture quality, though our tests so far haven't shown that picture quality via HDMI is always significantly better than via a component-video input.
Component-video inputs use green, blue and red RCA connectors, and are typically labeled YPbPr. They receive video as three separate signals: two for color, one for luminance. In our tests, component-video inputs have typically yielded video quality close to that of HDMI. Component-video inputs, which can accept high-definition signals (something S-video cannot), are often used with Blu-ray and DVD players, satellite receivers, cable boxes, and video games. They don't carry audio signals, so separate audio cables are required.
S-video inputs, which are small round jacks with four tiny holes, split the video signal into two parts, color and luminance, so picture quality is usually slightly lower than with component-video, most notably in color fidelity. S-video connections are most often used with standard-def components such as standard DVD players and some cable or satellite boxes. They don't carry audio signals, so separate audio cables are required.
Composite-video inputs combine all the parts of the video signal into a single stream, so quality is a step below S-video. Composite-video connections are often used to connect a VCR, cable box, camcorder, or game console. A composite-video cable is a single cable with a yellow RCA jack; like other inputs, it's paired with red and white audio jacks.
Antenna/cable, or radio frequency (RF), inputs (sometimes called F-type or 75-ohm coaxial inputs) are the most basic connections. When carrying standard-definition analog signals, they typically provide the lowest detail of all video inputs and are most susceptible to noise and interference. But with digital signals, including high-def, they can provide top picture quality. They're sometimes labeled as UHF/VHF inputs on a TV. An RF input might be the only way to connect an antenna and some older cable boxes and VCRs. It's the only analog input that carries both picture and sound on a single cable. The others all require separate audio connections (red and white RCA jacks) for stereo sound.
