Anyone here use HDMI and optical digital cables?

[ZOA NOM]

It looks sweet, Doug. I didn't have the cutouts in the walls though, I like the flush look you achieved. I would have had to have 24" deep bookshelves to keep the flush look.

[Spud]

Thanks Rick, the only downside was we lived with 24" empty cutouts for 5 years... And there's still a few more in the house that are empty

You going to Sears Point with GGR in 2 weeks?

[island911]

Originally posted by ZOANAS
HDMI isn't "just a cable". It's an interface with specific data that retains the completely digital video signal for your HD ready TV to display. Without it, the HD video signal must be converted to the RCA format, and back to digital inside your TV. This conversion limits the full resolution available. I wouldn't purchase an HD Television without an HDMI cable included.

. . . " limits the full resolution available." (?) Ya mean to say; some other inputs won't have discrete, one to one, pixle assignment? . . . unless it's DVI.

But even then, most HD monitors are not going to be displaying native resolution anyway . .. so that means that conversion is happening anyway. (ie 720p or 1080i on a 768 native plasma)

You may have a 720 or 1080 native DLP, but what is being broadcast?

IMO computer monitors really need native (pure digital) resolution signal. . .But, even there, the interpolation algorythmns are impressive. (read: don't worry so much about the HD cables.)