Coax audio connector

[Pghpooh]

HI
I posted another question earlier about software to burn dvd's.
Another dumb question...
If I were to buy a new dvd player, do I have to buy the coax connecting cable?
The reason I ask is on my current dvd player I use the svhs for video and the optical output connected to my receiver for the audio.
I looked at a few dvd players on line and they just have the coax output for audio along with the analog audio outputs.
I looked a checked the manual for my receiver and it looks like it will accept the coax cable for the audio.
If I need the coax cable is there any decent places to buy on line?
Thanks

 

[pm]

I'm confused.

What most people call coax is coaxial cable is used for very high frequency radio signals - usually you would use coax to come in from an antenna or cable TV or satellite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable


For video, there's composite, s-video, component, and HDMI - in the order of quality from worst to best.

Composite is usually a yellow RCA connector for video:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_video

S-Video is a 4 pin video connector and uses a mini-DIN connector. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video

Component video is a 3 wire connector that uses RCA plugs and normally has the connectors colored green, blue and red. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video

And HDMI is a lot of digital wires and looks like a D-shaped connector. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

When you say SVHS for video, I presume you mean s-video? And when you say coax, do you mean RCA? Or do you mean TOSLINK optical audio? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK

I don't mean to fill a full post with jargon - I'm no expert on any of this. Honestly, I'm just confused what you are talking about.

When I need to buy wiring, I usually buy from Big Lots here in town (cheap HDMI, component and composite cables), or online from monoprice.com and newegg.com.