As TV and home entertainment technologies evolve with new connection options, older, lesser-used inputs are no longer a priority. As a result, they are declining, consolidating or disappearing altogether, affecting the vast majority of LCD and OLED TVs and other home entertainment devices.
TV CONNECTIONS EXPLAINED: RF vs. RCA vs. HDMI… COMPOSITE VS. COMPONENT
S-Video and DVI connections have already disappeared, and the number of component video and composite video connections is now small. The trend on modern TVs is to combine both a composite and component video connection into a single video input option. Manufacturers call this arrangement a shared connection.
The composite video connection uses a yellow-tipped RCA cable. This carries an analog video signal in which both the color and black-and-white portions are carried together.
This connection has been around for decades on televisions, video projectors, home theater receivers, cable/satellite boxes, and can also be found as a secondary connection on DVD players/recorders and even older Blu-ray Disc players.
