Digital Cable (1 Viewer)

[Clark Bradley]

I have digital cable in my home and a digital cable box provided by the cable company. I have always hooked up the coax from the wall into the cable box then another coax from the cable box to the TV. Is this how it should be done?

I noticed the other day that the cable box has a seperate section with video and audio components. Just wondering how everyone else is running their cable.

 

[Tod Golden]

I have mine connected to the tv via the composite (yellow)connection. L/R audio to the receiver.

Tod

 

[Alan Wise]

Clark,
I have the COAX cable coming in from the wall to my Digital/HD box. From the box I use a component video cable (red, green, blue) to send the video signal to my Denon AVR-3805 receiver. The audio is sent from the box top the receiver via a Digital cable (Toslink). I do the same from my Denon DVD-2900 and other pieces of equipment to my receiver. One set of component cables goes from the receiver to the TV.

Al. Wise

 

[Clark Bradley]

Thanks guys. I came home for lunch and see that I have the following connections on my cable box (S-Video, L/R Audio(red/white), Video (yellow) and a single audio output (black))

I tried the S-Video and L/R Audio to the TV but I don't notice much of a difference...maybe a little clearer.

 

[Jonathan Smith]

Of the connections available on your box, S-video is the best and the coaxial cable is the worst in terms of picture quality. There may not be a very noticeable difference on every station, but there should be on some, particularly the digital channels. I would definitely keep the S-video hooked up.