In article <f8ydnWdBAZiIG3OiRVn-jA@comcast.com>, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
> The fixed connectors on the device itself is also what
> I was referring to, not the cables. You can use purple,
> grey and brown cables as long as you hook them on the right
> place as far as that goes. The color of the cable doesn't
> mean anything.


Evidently, the fixed connectors on the device itself are also open to
color coded interpretation, as the colors on my DVD player component video
out and my stereo processor/receiver component video outs/ins have dark
red, blue, and green color coded fixed jacks.

I should have clarified what I said earlier about component video so as to
not confuse people about what signals are being passed through each
component video cable hookup:

One cable carries the Luminance information of the video signal, one cable
carries the Red, and one cable carries the Blue.
In other words, Component video has separated luma (brightness) and
chroma (color), but the chroma is also separated into two signals on
two seperate cables, red and blue (talking about the type of signal being
sent, not the actual color coding of the actual cable connector here). End
result is RGB (red, green, blue) color seperation (not mashed together
like composite video) for a more vibrant cleaner and sharper picture.


For a quick synopsis of what component video is (and composite and
S-Video), here's a web page I came across which has some basic non
technical info on the subject:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/component.htm


Granted, it's a moot point since the Apple II only outputs composite video
(and RF modulated video with an RF modulator adapter attached - *yuck* to
the RF).   :)

best regards, Perry