Question Asked: How Do I Hook Up My DVD Player?
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Jun 25th, 2008 |
I know it looks daunting – the back of your TV. All those colors, all those wires! Rest assured, it’s not hard to hook up a DVD player, not at all. Especially nowadays.
First thing’s first, it depends on what kind of TV you have, and what kind of DVD player you have. It’s also important to know that there’s a handful of ways to connect your DVD player to your TV. (I’m assuming you don’t have a surround sound system, for this answer. I hope that’s correct.)
Connections:
- Analog – Analog connections would be utilized on older TVs. There are three wires you’d use, red, white, and yellow. The red and white represent your audio stream, and the yellow represents your video stream.
- S-video – While still an analog signal, the S-video connection (in theory) gives you a better video signal. The s-video cable varies in color. But you’ll still need your red and white audio cables, to send audio from the DVD player to the TV.
- Component Video – Component Video is the starting point, if you’ve got an HDTV. Many HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players come with component video, which is a set of three cables (green, blue, and red). Don’t forget, you’ll still need the red and white cables for your audio signal. Component video is the “best” picture of the three traditional methods of connecting your DVD player.
- HDMI – relatively new to the game, is the HDMI connection. (High Definition Multimedia Interface) The HDMI is one single cable that provides the absolute best picture and audio all in one. It’s as simple as plugging the cable into your DVD player, and TV. (Assuming both devices have this feature)
Sure, there’s other ways to hook up a DVD player, but the four listed above are the most conventional.
It’s as simple as connecting the colored connections from the DVD player, to the TV. Oh, and don’t forget to see what input you’re using on the back of the TV (they’re usually labeled), you’ll need to change the TV to that input, to get your DVD picture and sound.
When you include a surround sound system (or home theater, call it what you will), it can get a bit more complicated. But for the sake of simplicity, I’m not going to go down that road.
If you’re really scared of pulling your TV out and hooking it up yourself, you can always rely on the major retailers to sell you an install service. Just know that it’ll probably cost more to have them come out and hook it up, than you’ll pay for the DVD player. Your best bet is to get someone who knows how to do it, neighbor, neice/nephew, friend, etc. It’ll literally take longer to pull your TV out from against the wall, than to hook it up, for someone who knows what they’re doing.
Hope that helps! Good luck, and enjoy your new DVD player!
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