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Offline Newman5

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HDTV hookups
« on: November 23, 2008, 11:13:05 PM »
Just bought my first HDTV this weekend (yeah, I know, welcome to the 21st century).  Is HDMI still the best way to connect box to TV?  And how about audio, is Optical still best?  And one finally question, does it matter what brand of cable you use?
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2008, 11:18:54 PM »
I used rg-6 to mine and it looks just fine to me
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2008, 11:22:08 PM »
HDMI
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Offline DiabloTX

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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2008, 11:28:11 PM »
It's called HDMI for a reason.
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Offline Newman5

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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2008, 11:30:14 PM »
Quote from: DiabloTX on November 23, 2008, 11:28:11 PM
It's called HDMI for a reason.

Wanted to make sure that something better hasn't come out since...  Thank you.

As for the other two questions?
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Offline Buzzard7

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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2008, 11:40:03 PM »
HDMI and optical work great for mine.
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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2008, 12:42:16 AM »
Quote from: Buzzard7 on November 23, 2008, 11:40:03 PM
HDMI and optical work great for mine.
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2008, 12:48:43 AM »
HDMI contains an audio interface also. Personally I'm so detested with all the DRM involved in HD that I will gladly skip it.
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Offline Nilsen

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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2008, 04:11:23 AM »
Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on November 24, 2008, 12:48:43 AM
HDMI contains an audio interface also. Personally I'm so detested with all the DRM involved in HD that I will gladly skip it.

How so? I can't say I have ever run into any DRM issues so forgive my ignorance.
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Offline Shuffler

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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2008, 10:34:12 AM »
Monster brand HDMI. Also pay attention to the speed of the cable..... 1080 P or I, 720 and such.
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2008, 10:50:01 AM »
HDMI carries an audio signal, and most of your new receivers have an HDMI pass through. If you have an older receiver optical works well, as others have said.

Get your cables here; http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp they have great prices and excellent quality on all there cables. Personally I think Monster Cables are way over priced.

If you have any other AV questions I recommend; http://www.avsforum.com/ they cover just about everything AV you could ever think of.
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2008, 10:52:27 AM »
Quote from: Shuffler on November 24, 2008, 10:34:12 AM
Monster brand HDMI. Also pay attention to the speed of the cable..... 1080 P or I, 720 and such.
Popular mechanics and a few other magazines did a review on cheap cables vs. expensive ones.  They couldn't tell the difference.  With digital, you're either going to get the signal of 0's and 1's or you're not.  

Same reason why I don't buy $35 6ft USB cables are Best Buy.  I'll take my $1.99 newegg special thanks.
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Offline indy007

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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2008, 10:54:35 AM »
It depends on how many ports you have. Newer TVs are finally coming with multiple HDMI ports. If you do not have more than 1 HDMI port on your TV, then it will depend totally on your setup.

Do you have a 7.1 surround receiver?
Do you have a Blu-Ray player?
Do you have a console gaming system?
What inputs do they have? What outputs do they have?

A quick example of my setup:

42" HDTV
7.1ch A/V Surround Sound receiver
HDTV Cable Tuner
Nintendo Wii
DVD Player
Blu-Ray Player

The Wii, DVD & Blu-Ray players all connect to the 7.1 receiver with component video cables and composite audio cables. The 7.1 receiver connects to the TV with an HDMI cable.

I keep the TV set to HDMI input, and the volume at 0. All input switching is handled with the A/V receiver.

note: there's zero difference between the cables you use for "component" and "composite" connections, just the color physically on the connector itself. they all work the exact same, only varying in construction quality.
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Re: HDTV hookups
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2008, 11:04:18 AM »
HDMI carries both audio and video... So i just use HDMI
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« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2008, 11:45:35 AM »
Quote from: Fulmar on November 24, 2008, 10:52:27 AM
Popular mechanics and a few other magazines did a review on cheap cables vs. expensive ones.  They couldn't tell the difference.  With digital, you're either going to get the signal of 0's and 1's or you're not.  

Same reason why I don't buy $35 6ft USB cables are Best Buy.  I'll take my $1.99 newegg special thanks.

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