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How to Make My PS3 Graphics Sharper Without HDMI Cable

The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable is a high-definition connection cable used to connect electronics. When hooking up your PlayStation 3 to your TV, you have several options for how to connect the system. If you want to improve the quality of the PS3 graphics on your television, but you do not have HDMI connection ports on your television, you can instead use component video to connect the system. Component video is another high-definition connection cable and offers higher quality than composite or S-video standard definition.

Things You'll Need

PS3 component cable

Instructions

- 1
  Connect a PS3 component cable to the "AV Multi Out" port, located on the back side of the PlayStation 3. The component cable has one set of three colored RCA connectors (video) and one set of two colored RCA connectors (audio) on the other end.
- 2
  Connect the red, blue and green connectors from the component cable to the colored red, blue and green "Component" or "Video" input ports on the side or back of the TV.
- 3
  Connect the red and white connector from the component cable to the colored red and white "Audio" input ports located next to the component video ports.
- 4
  Turn on your TV and select the "Component" video input selection from your TV video input settings. Note that some televisions have multiple component video inputs; select the appropriate input if your television has more than one.

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