Comcast digital, HDTV, & TIVO hookup

['89cab]

I’ve searched TIVO, Comcast, and Motorola manuals and websites, and numerous other sites and NOBODY describes or illustrates the connections needed for: a Comcast cable to Motorola digital box (DCT5100), then to a Panasonic HDTV with TIVO connection (let alone how to include a DVD and VCR).

Surely, I’m not the first person on the planet to experience this. Yes, I’ve searched TIVO support (not too friendly, but semi helpful), as well as all the other suspect's sites. This can’t be rocket science.

I've got the box (unused) and TIVO (well used) and want to buy the TV (Costco Panasonic 42”) on Friday, but the lack of info is absolutely killing me.

Thank you in advance my friends. A diagram would be to die for...

Mike

[911boost]

Mike,

I have a Comcast cable box, hooked up to both my tv and a tivo. It is digital but not HD. I can help you I think.

I have the cable coming out of the wall going into the cable box. I then have the coax cable going to the TV and a video componet cable going from the cable box to the tivo. The tivo then hooks up to another one of the tv componet inputs. That way I can watch using the Tivo and not using the Tivo.

Hope this helps.

Bill

[RallyJon]

You will be very unhappy with the SD Tivo compressed picture on the HDTV.

It's a slipperly slope, but you end up with an HD Tivo with two Comcast cable cards in it and all is good again.

[911boost]

Yeah, I was going to say that. I don't have an HD, just a Sony Wega. If you have Comcast HD doesn't it come with a DVR? My neighbor has Comcast HD and the motorolla box is silver and is a DVR as well.

Bill

[89911]

What is to gain by not just going with a dual Comcast DVR HD box? I run this (the newest Comcast boxes have HDMI connectors) so that the HDMI goes directly to the TV and just an optical to the receiver. It couldn't be easier and the programming and use is easy enough for my 10 year old to record. I'm not trying to tell you what your doing is not right, just trying to understand what the extra work of having a stand alone dvr provides. Any HD tapes shows (Like "The Office"), can be instantly replayed in full HD with Dolby D audio with resolution far better then any DVD, (aside from blue ray and hd$$$$$$). It was been working so well on my new SXBR 50" Sony 1080p Tv, my wife hasn't even complained.