Simple question about component video

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Y is the monochrome channel. Pr and Pb are the chroma difference signals. The source has to be set to 480i or else you will have a hell of a time syncing the TV to it.

Yes, but Y = 0.2126 R + 0.7152 G + 0.0722 B.

My question (not asked properly!) was that does this mix the colours together in a way which looks natural in monochrome? I did a bit more reading and saw it referred to as a pan-chromatic signal, so most likely the answer is yes. I was expecting those coefficients to be closer to equal, for a balanced signal.

This is excellent news, if it does, because I have an HDMI to component adapter En route from China and am excited to see how the 23" new vista looks with a pure monochrome signal.