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Compatible connectors[]
- RF
- Composite - These are the original cables that come with the PS2. They have three RCA plugs: red and white for stereo audio, and yellow for video. All three color signals are mixed over the yellow plug, which loses a lot of signal quality causung video to be muddy. If at all possible use S-Video or component cables instead.
- S-Video - These have two red/white plugs for stereo audio, and a single plug for video. The video plug has three internal connections for the separate video signals. S-Video isn't quite as good as component, but is still vastly better than composite. Progressive scan (480p) isn't supported over S-Video cables.
- Component - These have five RCA plugs: red and white for stero audio, and red, green and blue for video. The most common problem is plugging into the wrong inputs, especially the red video into the red audio or vice versa. Best quality video of any cables. Video will be noticeably clearer, brighter and more colorful in all games and DVDs. On the other hand, some older HDTVs will not display 240p video over component cables. This includes all PS1 games and a few PS2 games like Ico and Disgaea.
- Multi-function cables - Some combination of composite plus S-Video, or composite and component, or even all three video outputs together. The audio output remains the same two red/white output plugs for all video. The downside is that the more plugs the more chance for signal drain through improper grounding or cable defects.
- HDMI converter - PS2-to-HDMI converters/adapters[1] which replace the PS2's A/V output with an HDMI output. The adapter is powered by a small USB wire connected from the device to a USB port on the front of the PS2. The product upscales the PS2's audio/video output to 1080p over an HDMI cable, though the quality is virtually no different than component cables, and similarly, it can not display PS1 games (and the select PS2 games) that run in 240p. By converting the PS2's video signal directly from the output port, with no intervening cable and connections, this box could offer improved performance as it has no analog cable runs.