DVD won't play with Direct TV

The yellow/red/white cables are COMPOSITE cables. COMPONENT cables are RED/BLUE/GREEN. You can buy those at any electronics store. Your best bet, though, is to stick with HDMI if you can.

I SUGGEST YOU USE AV CABLES( RCA ) AN CONNECT TO THE AV INPUT OF THE TV

When one asks questions involving two components it is always necessary to know the identity of both. "Color TV" is kind of generic.

Please define the TV and which direct video input on IT produces B/W and exactly how it is connected and from what specific source unit. Then try swapping something that works, say, the DVD, into the "B/W" input to see if that helps.

If you're using component video cables you could have one loose or defective.

If you used to put the TV on channel 3 to watch the videos that means you had this hooked up with the RF RG6 COAX cable. You most likely had this passing thru the cable box and then to the TV, but with the new digital format that may not work any more. A quick fix for this is to take the coax wire from the player and hook it up directly to the TV Cable port then flip your tv to 3 and it should work. If you have an older tv without the newer connections you may have this port already in use with the cable box - if that is the case you may need to get an RF switch or splitter. hope this helps

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i guess there a built in dvd player on the set and it could play most DVD format.
but if you wish to use another dvd player
hook up the dvd on the tv
video output (DVD) to video input (TV)
audio output to audio input
the find the auxiliary button from either the tv or dvd

put the dvd player on the same channel as you set your Tv when wathing direct tv. and try recording

if you are using rca push on cable yellow,red ,white set to your A,V audio,video channel

when recordining you will be changing channels on the direct tv box

do you have a manual for dvd player read that really good that might help.

Which type of cable are you using to connect the DVD to the TV?

Composite video - yellow RCA?
Component video - red / green / blue RCA?
S-video?

This problem could occur if you are using composite video and have it plugged into one of the component video inputs.

Alternatively it could be that you are trying to play a PAL (European DVD) source into the NTSC input.

The problem is not with your tv it's with your dvd player. You have to go into the setup on the dvd player and change your output setting to component.