so I be tire of switching cable composite\/component cable at the back of my PS3 to alternately switch between a older , Sony CRT VEGA tv -lrb- which still have a spectacular picture btw -rrb- and to a projection system use a component cable ... so I order this universal cable to avoid swap connector at the PS3 . why would anyone do such a thing ? simple , I be not always in the mood for a giant gaming experience and it avoid use precious projector bulb life 'cause they be not cheap . the cable work perfectly for this purpose on the PS3 . both composite and component connection be route in the cable and both work with the selector switch on hdtv -lrb- PS3 in NTSC mode -rrb- . to define the ultimate in laziness , I no longer have to leave the couch to switch between the two ... it be just a menu setting change on the PS3 . all route pass through my av receiver so I do not even have to change the input selection on the receiver . I could route component signal to the tv as well but I would have to have a buffered video signal box to split the receiver 's component output while not degrade the signal to the projector . not to mention the tv be natively only ntsc resolution anyway even though it do have a component input -lrb- a complete waste -rrb- . I could go into greater detail about video format but seem like overkill just talk about a cable . since the universal cable be also suppose to work with the Wii , I think I would plug that in too . user should take caution when attempt to turn on two device at the same time and potentially just plug they in at the same time as all the connection be route together in the cable which could lead to a video\/audio output try to drive another video\/audio output . probably will not hurt anything except there will not be a picture or sound . I quickly discover , however , that the composite signal for the Wii with the selector on hdtv do not output anything on composite . I would guess that the Wii console need to detect a pin on the cable to switch video mode ... can not run both output at the same time but be that really important for most user ? : -rrb- I do not test the cable with a 360 but I will say I be impressed that the 360 connector appear to have the optical audio converter build in like the Microsoft brand component cable . I see that at the time of write the m component cable for 360 cost a little less than this universal cable . chance be it be the same as the Wii in that the console need to detect a pin on the cable to switch video mode so the component\/composite can not be use simultaneously . basically , cable work exactly as I be hope for my PS3 : -rrb-