Is an HDMI port the only requirement for Chromecast to work on a TV?
No, What the others here are saying is WRONG.You need 3 things. HDMI on your TV, WiFi and something to control the Chrome cast with (PC or Android or anything else with the chrome cast app available)None of these are optional.The WiFi is needed to even set it up, same with the control equipment like a PC or smartphone.The wifi is needed to play any content at all since everything is streamed. either from a local source or via the internet and to start that streaming you have to have the control unit.So there you have the requirements for a chrome cast in a nutshell.
What do the different colors on AV cords mean?
There are various methods to connect AV equipment, but since you are after colours, it rounds it down to 2 scenarios:Composite video, where the entire video signal’s components are modulated into one, single, signal. The consumer industry has opted for the colour yellow, to represent a video connector which carries this type of signal. This will appear as a Yellow female RCA (aka Cinch) connector on the back of AV equipment, and you would interconnect the equipment with one of these:The White and Red colours are used to represent Audio Line inputs and/or Outputs. The colour Red is conventionally used for the Right Channel of a stereo signal, as Red and Right both start with the letter R. The other channel (Left) will appear on a White connector.The other type of AV connectivity which uses colour is the:Component video, where the video signal is sent as separate components, known as Y, U, V, or on consumer equipment, Y, B, R, as per the picture below. The Y signal is in fact the Green component, whilst the U signal is the difference between the Green signal and the Blue signal (hence the B-Y) in the picture, and the V signal is the difference between the Green signal and the Red signal (hence the R-Y). It takes up less bandwidth to code one information in full (Green) and code the difference for the other two colours, than to code all three in full.So your connecting cables would also be RCA, but you’d need a total of five to carry picture and sound:Something like this to connect the video:And something like this to connect the audio:All other AV cables are “all-in-one” and therefore don’t use colour codes (VGA, S-VGA, HDMI, S-Video, …). Only HDMI carries audio alongside the video information, so with all the other AV cables, you still need a good ol’ pair of red/white RCA cables to also connect sound.Hope this helps!
Will Euro SCART cables die out?
A universal inter-operable connector was a legal requirement in Europe and so SCART has been included in all TVs over a certain size since that was enacted to help with interoperability.These days SCART is being made obsolete by HDMI, because the majority of new interconnections will be HDMI we see less need for SCART. Some manufacturers have dropped the SCART in favour of smaller / easier to fit connections and provide an adaptor where required. SCART also is terrible for ultra-thin TVs because the connector can be thicker than the TV itself now!Frankly it is such a useful connector that I struggle to know why it hasn’t really been included in all American TVs but I do acknowledge that it is a relatively expensive addition to TVs. It often involves an extra chip to drive the switching functions and the connector itself is bulky and usually requires hand soldering (which manufacturers want to avoid if possible). So I can see why they would want to avoid it, but I have always felt that the advantages out-weight the costs. Beyond just component and composite video on the same connector it adds automatic input switching, wide screen signalling and record triggering, which all adds up to a big advantage.I don’t normally embrace statements that say a technology is dying out but as analogue becomes marginal we will probably see SCART die out. It is currently like VGA is on computers: many larger devices still support VGA but as laptops get smaller and cheaper manufacturers look at what they can drop. There won’t be much need for analogue connectors in a few years and for the minority of people who still want one they can buy a SCART to HDMI converter.
Do HDMI to RCA cables work?
Like every other question: it depends.HDMI is a purely digital signal, so there has to be an active signal converter to change from HDMI to the analog signalling for RCA. There’s a couple ways it won’t work.I’ll bet there are companies selling HDMI cables with RCA connectors soldered at one end. They’ll look nice and be cheap but won’t work at all.There are a number of companies selling HDMI to RCA converters that work great as long as the HDMI signal isn’t encrypted. However those are only useful for a small number of HDMI sources.There are HDMI to RCA converters that have the decryption built in. These will do what you want, but they probably have to embed the Macrovision copy protection into the analog signal (at least in the USA).There are also HDMI to RCA converters that decrypt the digital signal and put out a clean analog signal. These are probably mostly illegal in the US, Canada and Europe since they bypass any copy protection.
VCR playing in black and white?
The no color issue is called monochrome,It is common when your signal isnt right. You don't say the TV model or even make,Im guessing a newer LCD samsung vizio etc as most manufacturers are doing away with old composite cable inputs,Componentshare has auto switching built in the TV. You hook up to AV1 but yellow goes to green red to red white to white green is now yellow for your purpose then adjust in settings to turn on use if not set already. Also think about upgrading to a DVD with HDMi as your VCr is old dead tech and your TV is HD & is wasted with a analog only VCR,and its cheaper to buy a cheap DVD then a av box adapter that is a waste as you have component share. Its been answered correctly already about comonent share but look up your TV and learn the proper hook ups so you dont get wrong answers making you waste money on adapters & converters not needed. I get called all the time 'I have no yellow input on my TV" every day! People dont read the manual or just go online its everywhere literally everywhere vizio was using component share for 5 years and they are cheapo,Samsung hasnt put composite on for years also & its not coming back. It saves space & money on panels and TVs for you & the manufacturer. Read WIKI Component share,and No composite on my TV? On Google.
Is There A Way To Make Xbox 360 AV Cable Longer?
Basically i want to plug the red and white connectors into the back of my Hifi (for sound) and leave the yellow connector plugged into the xbox 360 scart adaptor (for video) but the length of the RCA wires are too short to reach both. I have tried it and it worked but it means my hifi being behind my tv which i cant have. Is there a way to extend the length? normally you can split the wires like with headphones to make more flexibilty but i cant as there is a piece of wire stopping me. If not is there an alternate AV cable i can buy which has longer RCA wires? This is the cable which i have now with the scart adaptor: http://media.photobucket.com/image/xbox%20360%20scart%20adaptor/sabbath_dude/DSCF6508.jpg The red yellow and white wires are too short. Thanks in advance
What's the difference between VIDEO1, COLOURSTREAM HD1, and HDMI1 , (specifically, what's HDMI)?
hi, I have a toshiba dlp 56 inch, and it has two video inputs, two colourstream hd's, and two HDMI. What's the differene between the 3? I'm currently using both videos, and one colourstream input. So I still have 1 colourstream , and 2 hdmi's. I have a xbox and I'm wondering if I'm able to connect it two 1 of the 3 input things I have left, and how, if yes. (my xbox 360 is arcade, thus it does not have an extra hd plug, only standard red, yellow, and white.) Thanks!
Can I use HDMI to USB adapter to connect PS4 and TV?
Why do you need a HDMI to USB?The PS4 has a HDMI slot and I’m assuming your TV does as well, therefore a direct connection can be achieved.Hope this helps.