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A coaxial cable sends all signal down one line. All the color, brightness and audio is piped together to the television, where a signal converter is required to separate all the information to be displayed on screen.

An audio/video, or RCA cable (Red-White-Yellow), separates the signal into three parts, video, the left audio channel, and the right audio channel. The TV then has to only convert the video signal into the colors and brightness.

Since the audio is already separated from the video with the audio/video cable, there is one less conversion needed at the TV. This allows for better picture quality with audio/video cables. To put a number to it, audio/video cables give 20% better quality signal that coaxial.

S-video is even better as is separates the video signal into color and brightness. Component is better yet, as it separates the colors from each other (Red, Green, Blue) and sends the brightness with the green signal.

These are all analog methods of providing a television with signal. Digital methods like DVi and HDMI provide the best signal quality of all.

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For use with satellite TV and Cable TV you must use RG 6 coaxial cable. If you have older wiring in your home you may have RG 59, which is not recommended for use with Satellite Television.

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