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Originally Posted by Vulcan
In a pinch you can use composite; red, white and yellow cables in the component red, green and blue connections. Just keep track of the colours and also add red and white cables for the audio.
Something else I saw on the net is that the PS3 may have propriety Sony component connections, so it may not work?
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Yes the PS3 does not have component connectors on it, you have to get an adapter which has the component ends for the TV on it anyway.
Plus using a composite cable for component is not the best idea. Component cables are supposed to have an impedance of 75 Ohms, while audio cables (the red/white/yellow composite ones) may have a lower impedance, in the 30-50 range.
Plus the composite cables are simple wires, while the component cables are actually coaxial cables.
Will they actually work? They will, but how well depends on a bunch of different factors.. because the impedance isn't matched you will get signal reflections inside the cable, which can degrade the picture quality. And because it's not coaxial, external factors will have a much greater impact, even coiling the cable up it can interfere with itself. HD signals are much higher frequency as well.
But for a really short run of a few feet where there happens to be little interference you might not notice any degraded signal.