Surprisingly enough, you don t need to know all that much! That s probably because consumer electronics equipment is designed for compatibility. (Now if this were a “computer” question, we d probably be here all day!) First, you need to get the video signal from your DVD player to your Denon preamp/processor or receiver. You can use either a “composite” (RCA-style) or “S-video” (mini-DIN 4-pin) output jack to the same style input jack on your Denon. Newer Denon DVD player models, such as DVD-3000 and DVD-5000, also feature component video outputs. This is a three connector method, featuring one channel (the luminance, or black and white picture information) called the “Y” channel, and two color difference channels (R-Y, B-Y), which, when paired with the Y channel, are decoded in the TV monitor and the original red, green, blue (R/G/B) signals are reconstructed and displayed. This method provides the sharpest and cleanest color picture quality, especially since DVDs are encoded in d
