hd tv HELP!!

[hrsp]

so i went and got the hd cable box today camehome and hooked it up...no workie? do i need any special wires thgat dont come in the bag from timewarner to get it to work? do i nedd hdmi wires?

i tried calling time warner and am one an 1 and a half waiting list:(

any suggestions would be great!!!! thaNKS

[hrsp]

all i got was the box power cable and a blue red yellow-blue red yellow wires and plugs?

[Want_Notch]

the blue red yellow cables are the component video cables you need to hook from the component video out on the back of the box to the component input on the back of your TV. Then there is a seperate audio cable you need to run between the red and white outputs on the back of the box to the audio inputs on the back of your TV. It should be color coded,

[Want_Notch]

How old is your tv?

[hrsp]

brand new 2 weeks old

[hrsp]

i only got one set of wires? so i ned a set of 2-2 wires?

[hrsp]

tried that..stillnot working..

even when i press the chanel and volume controls on the cable box nothing happens?

[Want_Notch]

The component video is the red/blue/yellow.
It is only for video not audio.
BTW they are polar inputs so if you mix the colors up it won't work.

You will need a seperate audio cable.

[Want_Notch]

This should be the back of your cable box.

[Want_Notch]

And this would be the back of the tv or something close to it

[Reverend Cooper]

or if you have a hmi out on the cable box and a hdmi in on the tv you just need that one cable it does it all sound and pix

[hrsp]

cool..i got it... but the hd chanells look the same as the normal cable chanelsl still? would the hdmi cable make the picture better?

the tv is a 42 inch toshiba plasma..

[Reverend Cooper]

yes alot better sam. i used the component cables. then went to hdmi on ours and it makes all the difference in the world. mine is wall mounted and has all the wires run through the wall the 12 ft hdmi cable was about 150 bux. the shorter in length they get alot cheaper.

[Slow Joe]

You guys are rich, my TV was made in '89... Heavy bastard too... :rolf Fuggin Trinitron...

[hrsp]

had a trinitron..the tube blew out on it...

[hrsp]

do your normal stations look grainy on your hdtv?

[wikked]

The HD channels should look lightyears better than the non-HD ones... if you can't tell the difference, there's definitely something wrong.

[BadAzzGTA89]

Go to the discovery hd channel 1000 sumething find it on the guide that is what it should look like and get the HDMI wire it helps i know i got the big boy 65 inch:thumbsup

[0TransAm0]

The HD channels should look lightyears better than the non-HD ones... if you can't tell the difference, there's definitely something wrong.


x2 when i got my hdtv (hp 42"plasma) i had to go buy the HDMI cables..that gave me the good video and audio for the HD channels. i only payed about 35$for them tho. dont go to best buy and buy the monster cables,they are to expensive and you can get them for half the price on the net or at other stores....

[DirtyMax]

do your normal stations look grainy on your hdtv?

Shows broadcast in non-HD will seem rather primative, grainy if you will. Wait til Sunday and you can catch the Fox NFL games. Make sure you're on the Fox HD channel though like 506 or somewhere thereabouts on Time Warner....

[Ricky Bobby]

go to channel 541 thats discovery HD and also if the picture is strecthed the regular channels will be a tad bit grainy and if u call me ill stop over with an HDMI cable for ya since TWC supplies them now and all u have to do is ask :goof you've got mail