Connecting up your Plasma TV, LCD TV or DLP Television

If your current TV is more than a few years old, you've probably found that one of its biggest limitations is too few A/V inputs. You'll be happy to hear that TV manufacturers have been paying attention to consumers' requests and now include multiple inputs even on inexpensive models. And it's not unusual for mid- to upper-end TVs with 32" or larger screens to have inputs for connecting five or more different A/V components!

Which video components do you have now, or plan to add in the future? At the very least you'll probably want to be able to connect your antenna or cable box, plus a DVD player and VCR. Other possibilities include a satellite TV receiver, video game system, or TiVo hard disk recorder. And if you use a camcorder, you'll definitely want a set of front-panel A/V inputs on your new TV.

Video input type Connection Commonly used for coaxial (RF) threaded F-type antenna, cable TV, VCR composite video single RCA VHS VCR, DBS, DVD, VHS and 8mm camcorders, video game S-video 4-pin DIN-type Super VHS VCR, DVD, MiniDV and Hi8 camcorders component video RCA x 3 DVD, HDTV tuner DVI multi-pin HDTV tuner, computer, DVD HDMI multi-pin HDTV tuner, DVD, HD DVR

Connection tip: If you route your video signals through your home theater receiver, you can connect even more video sources. Most home theater receivers provide composite video inputs and outputs to enable video switching, which makes it easy to choose from among your various video sources. If yours does, you may be able to connect your video components to your receiver, which will send the selected video signal to your TV. Many receivers have S-video connections as well, and some even include component video switching.

Related TV Resources

• Choosing a new TV
• Selecting your Screen Size
• Selecting your Screen Type
• Selecting your TV Resolution
• Connecting up your new TV

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