Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater buying cables forTV

>>How about RG6 vs RG59 for component cable?

From what I remember the RG6 works better over really long runs (far longer than you will see in a home theater) but the RG59 is more flexible. Something like that.

RG-6 is fine, even over 50 feet.

I did the RG6. Comcast was here tonight to look at some Internet issues. The guy happenned to have a digital cable box, so he gave me that as well. We tried to get it setup and were getting some artifacts, so he put in an amplifier. The only box he had with a HDMI connection was the DCT3412, which has a DVR as well. He was just going to have them turn that part off. However, even after it was all setup the box was rebooting itself. They are coming back tomorrow with a new box. They did however, leave a HDMI and component cable here. I didn't know this at the time I ordered cables earlier today, but they provide those along with the box. So it looks like I bought some cables I'm not going to need. Good thing it was only 20 something for all 3 cables.

It was a mess getting the right box, but I ended up having to go there last night to pick one up. Got that as hooked up as I could, and then the TV arrived today!

I have everything going through the receiver. The Panasonic DVD has component connections that go into the video1 input on the receiver. The receiver has component that go from the video out to the TV on input 4. However, I am only getting sound, no picture, when trying to watch a DVD. I haven't had a lot of time to mess with it yet, but thought I'd post here before going to bed to see if anyone had some suggestions.

Never mind. I had the component input set to 2 instead of 1 on the receiver.

I've always been weary of running my video through my receiver. Are most receivers good about not adding noise to the video signal?

Never had a problem with it--although I run much lower res video than most around here.

Now, there are certainly some people who object to "using audio equipment to run video" on what I am interpreting as largely unscientific reasons. Give me more than just that line, and maybe I'll buy it. No reason for receiver manufacturers not to use the same chips as DVD manufacturers or TV manufacturers, or upscaler manufacturers.

I always thought it was considered an Audio/Video receiver. It's designed for both, so why not run it through there? I haven't heard of or seen any degredation.

I played around with this last week. I'm sure that if I didn't use the conversion feature this would be a fine setup. If I do use the conversion feature (IE to go from RCA in to component out) SD video looks really bad. Worse, 480p sources show up in double postage stamp-and since the source is HD my television won't let me zoom to widescreen.

I stand by my assertion that using the receiver to run video should only be used when the television has insufficient inputs. I'm also even more convinced that upscaling DVD players are a waste of money.

Maybe I'll try video through the TV just to compare. I don't really feel like messing with it now that everything is setup. I have heard suggestions to run SD through an Svideo connection and HD over the HDMI. SD supposedly looks better now going over the HDMI.