Component cable not working for attaching DVD player to HDTV?

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Brendan

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Hello. I bought a samsung plasma 720p HDTV, and I have a DVD (not blu ray, just DVD) player and I bought component cables since the tv has no composite input. Weirdly, I get absolutely nothing with the component cables, when I select the source it should feed from, it says no signal. Even more oddly, when I hook it up with a composite cable, it actually works, just with no color in the picture. Why isn't it receiving any signal from the component cables? They're brand new. Thanks in advance!
 
It sounds as if you have your cable mix up, probably the green and the blue.
How many components input does your HDTV have?
And on todays tv, if you don't turn on the dvd, the tv won't recognize it, is a weird way of saving energy, go figure! Good luck.
 
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