You do need a monitor/TV that has component cable holes. You plug the cable that came with the pvr into those holes and then the other end into the top row of the pvr. Then (since I have a PS3, I’ll use it as an example) you take another set of component cables (bought them at Best Buy for like, 20$ or something), plug them into the bottom of the pvr and then the other end into the back of the PS3. I usually have trouble with my PS3 switching over to component, so I have to plug the component cables directly into the TV first to set the settings and then plug them back into the pvr. You don’t really need HDMI because it takes really good quality video. Here’s a sample of mine at work:
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Is that sort of what you’re looking for?? Maybe I’m totally off the mark of what you’re asking for lol