Originally Posted By: audiodreamer
Not sure, but I was just speaking with my cable provider I can hook up component out for video and optical out for audio. question is will my audio be anywhere close to what it is thru hdmi.
Just to say I have done this and now every now and again I lose video signal and have an infinite number of little tiles on screen. I think it is unlikely but could be that with the broadcasters are playing around with the signal before the change from analog to digital.

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