Basic Question: HD feed w plasma?

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Hi there,

I'm going to be buying a HD plasma pretty soon. The HD feed will be
delivered via a HD DVR box provided by my cable company. I also have a
progressive-scan DVD player that I'll want to use with the plasma. Since
this is for a guest room, I won't be setting up 5.1 surround sound. There
are left and right speakers built into the TV and I will be using those
instead.

Here's the issue: The TV that I'm considering purchasing contains only
one component input, but after reading this newsgroup I think that I really
need *two* component inputs: 1 for the cable box, and 1 for the DVD. Or do I
? I was thinking... couldn't I just plug the cable cord output from the
cable box into the cable cord *input* of the plasma? Presumably this cord
would contain BOTH the video and sound information which the TV could make
use of. I realize that the signal would only come across properly on
"Channel 3" but I can live with that. Would this work? If so, that would
mean that I could use the spare component input for the DVD...

I just wanted to run this scenario by you guys because I wasn't sure if
it's possible to get a HDTV picture to display on the television via a cable
cord instead of the traditional component video cords. In theory, it seems
like it SHOULD work, since both video and sound are traveling over that
cord -- but I don't want to find out that I'm wrong AFTER I make the plasma
purchase. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Lamont

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>
> Cable as in a coaxial cable? Not if you want HDTV - you'll need a
component
> or DVI connection for HD.
>

Thanks for the response...

Yes, I believe coaxial cable is the cord I'm referring to -- the thick
cable with the single metal pin on the end. What would be the point of the
coaxial cable *output* on the HD cable box I wonder? Perhaps I don't even
need to use it.

Lamont

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"Lamont Sanford" <lamont@sanford.son> wrote in message
news:h86dneRq6Y-chy_cRVn-ug@giganews.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I'm going to be buying a HD plasma pretty soon. The HD feed will be
> delivered via a HD DVR box provided by my cable company. I also have a
> progressive-scan DVD player that I'll want to use with the plasma. Since
> this is for a guest room, I won't be setting up 5.1 surround sound. There
> are left and right speakers built into the TV and I will be using those
> instead.
>
> Here's the issue: The TV that I'm considering purchasing contains only
> one component input, but after reading this newsgroup I think that I
really
> need *two* component inputs: 1 for the cable box, and 1 for the DVD. Or do
I
> ? I was thinking... couldn't I just plug the cable cord output from the
> cable box into the cable cord *input* of the plasma? Presumably this cord
> would contain BOTH the video and sound information which the TV could make
> use of. I realize that the signal would only come across properly on
> "Channel 3" but I can live with that. Would this work? If so, that would
> mean that I could use the spare component input for the DVD...
>
> I just wanted to run this scenario by you guys because I wasn't sure
if
> it's possible to get a HDTV picture to display on the television via a
cable
> cord instead of the traditional component video cords. In theory, it seems
> like it SHOULD work, since both video and sound are traveling over that
> cord -- but I don't want to find out that I'm wrong AFTER I make the
plasma
> purchase. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> Lamont
You'll need a set with a onboard tuner thats hd cable ready
Sears has a DLP that dispalys hd cable very nicely, but I dont know about
plasmas
>
>

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"Lamont Sanford" <lamont@sanford.son> wrote in message
news:8YidnTxgz6FOry_cRVn-ig@giganews.com...
> >
> > Cable as in a coaxial cable? Not if you want HDTV - you'll need a
> component
> > or DVI connection for HD.
> >
>
> Thanks for the response...
>
> Yes, I believe coaxial cable is the cord I'm referring to -- the thick
> cable with the single metal pin on the end. What would be the point of the
> coaxial cable *output* on the HD cable box I wonder? Perhaps I don't even
> need to use it.
>
> Lamont

You dont, unless you have a standard def tv, which is what its for
>
>