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I've had my xbox 360 for about a month now and growing up i was always the Yellow, White, and Red cords. Since getting my 360 and moving out i haven't had an HDtv but recently my parents decided to move to Washington (state) and since i'm staying here they are going to give me their big screen HDtv. Now i've been looking all over the thing for the red, green, and blue holes, but i can't find them. All i see are the regular yellow, white, and red holes.

So here is my question:

Are there blue, green, and red holes at all? Am i just supposed to plug in the blue, gree, and red cord in to the yellow, white, and red holes? If so, which is which? (i.e. yellow = blue or white = green or something else to that affect.)

This is my first HDtv so sorry if my question is confusing or nubbish to the max.

EDIT: If needed i could take a picture of the TV if anyone has a similar model or something. I don't know.
 
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If the TV only has the composite ports(yellow/red/white), then it's not an HDtv. The TV would need at least the component(RGB), DVI or preferably an HDMI port(looks kinda like a USB) for it to be able to do HD.

The component cables are for video only, instead of having one cable(yellow), it breaks down the visual into the 3 colors of light and gives a better picture. The Red/White in the composite cables are for audio, so plugging the component cables into those ports wouldn't do anything.
 
What Baja said.

Maybe they didn't have an HDTV, but rather one big widescreen SDTV. My parents have one, a Sony Wega I think.
 
I looked around the TV some more and saw the sticker on the front cover that says its an HDtv, but still have yet to find anything like you guys described.

EDIT: I found a secret panel in the back of the TV that had all the HD plug-ins. Thanks anyway Baj/Skaw.
 
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Well, you CAN do HD through coax, but it's not going to look nearly as good as through an HDMI/DVI cable. What's the brand/model?
 
How old is it? What type of TV is it, plasma, or LCD?
 
Not even a year old and its an LCD.
 
No clue then, it should have an HDMI port on it if it's under a year and definitely have component. Maybe they're hidden by a panel or something? Check the manual.
 
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You're assuming his 360 even has an HDMI.
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It's completely irrelevant. There's only a few thousands other things that could connect through an HDMI port, so there's no reason to not look to see if the TV has the port. He's already said he wants to use his component cables, so obviously he doesn't have one or he's just not going to use it.
 
If you have an AQUOS it's obligatory that it comes with Component inputs (red, green and blue). Just need to find them. If by some miracle it doesn't have at least one, you bought and AQUOS from china! D=

ADDED: I checked the whole AQUOS line and even the 1st one ever made have at least 1 HD Component Input. Look for it.
 
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Whats HDMI and what is the point of it?

PS. i found the ports in a hidden panel. I had an edit in one of my first few posts.
 
HDMI is a single plug that'll go from a device to a more modern HDTV and pass through the highest quality of video and sound transfer available.

The Xbox 360 Elite and PS3 have HDMI connectors.
 
Eh HDMI cables give the highest video quality through cables, but the picture is not the highest quality picture there is^^ We just dont have the cables for it yet;;
 
HDMI is a digitial cable, which every other cable except for DVI are analog cables. HDMI is far less effected by any EM noise going on around it, resulting in a far clearer picture than through an analog cable. You're basically going from a digital device(receiver, DVD, PS3/360, etc), to another digital device(TV); so using a digital connection between the two is the best option if it's available.

DVI gives the exact same picture quality as HDMI, HDMI is just DVI video and audio with some encryption. Most of the newer graphics cards have a DVI port on them for those with a DVI-compatible monitor.
 
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