Connection to TV without HDMI

I have an older TV pre-HDMI using a red, yellow blue cable connection. Is there any way to interface this type of connection with Apple TV?

WaltAZ wrote:
I have an older TV pre-HDMI using a red, yellow blue cable connection.
Composite (low quality) is usually yellow with red and white for stereo audio.
Component is usually red/green/blue coloured connections for video signals with separate red/white for audio.
AppleTV2 supports neither of these standards.
Is there any way to interface this type of connection with Apple TV?
You could buy an HDMI to component/composite converter, but they are likely to be expensive, and no I'd avoid wasting cash unless you get a recommendation for one that's definitely known to work, and supports HDCP properly or you wouldn't be able to watch DRM protected material from itunes store.

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dumitru wrote:
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