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I am getting Comcast HDTV, but...

they do not have a manual for the HDTV box they are bringing me, nor could anyone there answer my questions. Does anyone know what video and audio outputs are on the box? For example, do I need 3-component (Y,Pr,Pb) just for the HDTV signals, and then S-video for the remaining channels, or is all video output through the 3-component? Does it have digital audio output, or just R and L? If digital, what format? I ask this because they can only supply 6 ft. stock cables and my set is in the back of the room, too far to reach. I also will upgrade the cables anyway. Thanks.
blueswan

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jpharris
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Make sure you have a good component cable as the comcast guys will probably show up with a 6 ft composite cable with a stereo pair attached. With the impedance imbalance the color was bad. I like the reasonably priced cinemaquest (audioquest). It will output both Toslink and SPDIF, I tried both couldn't tell the difference, so I went with toslink. Component video gets all of the stations, but the CBS (non-HDTV) always looks like crap. I may try a two cable setup, as I don't belive comcast will be seeing HD CBS too soon (Viacom being a competitor and all that). CBS looks fine on my other set out of the wall.

Darryl hifi is right about avsforum. Great info, but those folks are crazy.
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