I'm trying to hook up my og xbox to my tv, why does my shitty

why does my shitty tv not* have an outlet for these

it's a 40 inch 2012 samsung flat screen and has hmdi inputs for modern gaming consoles and can run 1080p so it should be able to play xbox in hd and 1080p if I could hook these cables up to it right?

ah, this is a component vs composite issue, my tv is apparently shit.

it may play in black and white if you connect the green cable to the yellow input.

>>60236884
Thanks but I thinks that's only if you have component inputs and are trying to attach an old vcr or something to it which would work yellow and green, not the other way. Didn't mean to be ask #askgeeksupport but I couldn't find anything. Just crazy that a 2012 flatscreen tv would come built with shitty composite inputs only

>>60236884
but it will still look like garbage.

depending on what other devices and interests you have, there are active component to HDMI converters for around $40, you could pick up a decent trinitron or studio monitor for around $200 that would make any analog device look good but will have a small screen and take up space, or a framemeister for around $300 that will make any analog device look good on fixed-resolution displays.

>>60236062
install gentoo

>>60237011
Would I be losing quality If I got a component to hdmi box converter instead of a tv that supports "native s video/component" or however you'd call it?

>>60237391
depending on the exact TV/box and how shitty the box is it could introduce lag, but it wouldn't necessarily HAVE to be bad.
check reviews, maybe see what the autists who play Smash think (since that relies on component-only games, low-latency, and portable screens, at least a few of them have to have tried a converter box into a gaming monitor.)

>>60236127
absolutely