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| just as CDs took over the audio world, DVDs are | | | | have multi-angle capability built in and that can be |
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| some of the features to look for when you buy a | | | | players can be very useful too, especially if you have |
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| a standard composite-video cable to connect the | | | | you need to have it decoded by the DVD player |
| player to the TV, and this kind of cable can produce a | | | | before it is sent to the receiver. Once at the receiver |
| decent picture. But it's also very limiting because the | | | | the signal is amplified and distributed to the appropriate |
| black and white, and color video signals are all sent | | | | speakers in the room. |
| together through this cable and it's easy for the colors | | | | If you wish to use the more recent 6.1 and 7.1 |
| to bleed over into other colors and lose detail and | | | | surround sound systems you will need to have the |
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| cable can separate out the black and white from the | | | | features that can be most useful when you are |
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| a DVD player that can use a component-video cable | | | | want to buy a DVD player.Thad Pickering writes on |
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