Quote Originally Posted by Smokey
Red, white, and yellow is usually called composite A/V connection. Yellow is for composite video and red and white are for left and right audio channels. Composite video refer to when all elements of video signal are carried in only one wire. Another example of composite video is signal carried on coax cable from cable company.

Component video connection refer to THREE cable video connection (green, blue, and red) between TV and video source (which IsmaVA mentioned as being the best connection). HD satellite receiver will have component connection, but non HD satellite receivers will not. Try s-video connection. I think you will notice a difference.
I will look through the satellite receiver's manual again. It talks about connecting components using component connectors so it must be an HD capable receiver. Are component connectors the same as composit as far them having RCA jacks on each end or is there a difference between the component and composit wires themselves? In other words, can I make a component connection using the composit connectors?