Component cable video is a signal which can be split into two or more components. They carry additional audio cables as they are not accompanied with audio. This is a type of analog video that is stored as three separate signals and is transmitted. A video display is a complex process. Thus maintaining signal clarity is very difficult. This can be done by keeping the components of video signals separate.
All types of S-Video and YPbPr signals work under this kind of principle so they also contain component video cable. They carry signals like 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i and meet up to their native resolution.
The component cables also use different color videos like that of the RGB primary colors but for this; require larger bandwidth and each channel may contain redundant data. Some of the modern devices can offer this kind of signal through the VGA port.
There are different types of component cables like RGB component video, YPbPr analog component video and S-Video analog component video. The connectors generally used are D-Terminal, three RCA connectors, EuroSCRAT and Video-Mini-Din. Component video is very much better than its predecessor composite video. Modern game consoles also use this type of cable.
The settings on many DVD players and TVs are of component connections. Since a same connector is used for various connections, the clarity of the component video is not very satisfactory. But component cable is even now widely used for its satisfactory performance and longevity.