What Kinds of Digital Connections Support HDTV?
When you look at the back of a modern high-definition television set nowadays, you’ll see a plethora of connectors on the back. But although most such sets support direct coaxial cable inputs, as well as composite (single RCA connector), component (three RCA connectors in red, green, and blue), and S-Video (4 or 5 pin DIN connector), only two types of connections deliver all digital signals to your TV set: DVI (the digital video interface, a connector familiar to most PC users) and HDMI (the high definition multimedia interface, a compact connector that routes digital video and multichannel digital audio between pairs of devices). Those that deliver digital signals are the best for HDTV and should be used whenever possible.
