What to connect and what not to connect

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dmensi

Audiophyte
I will be hooking up my new plasma tv(42" Panasonic), Yamaha HTR-5990 a/v receiver, cable box and other equipment in the next few days. I will be connecting the A/V receiver to the plasma with an HDMI cable. Will that be the only cable that I will need to connect between the two components, or will I need to connect others to receive those stations that do not broadcast in HD content. Also from the digital cable box the connection will be DVI to A/V receiver with HDMI, do I need to make any other connections?
thanks
 
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FierceTIMbo17

Audioholic
if your cable box outputs dvi then you need a dvi to hdmi for the 5990. Also dvi does not carry sound so you will need an optical cable to the receiver for the sound but from there it can be hdmi all the way. As far as for regular tv, due to regular tv being in 480i after upscalling to your 42" plasma it looks not so great no matter what, might help to turn on the hdmi upconversion in the receiver but try it with it off and on sometimes it makes it worse. Some people think hd cable looks better over component it your choice try both those and see what you think
 
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dmensi

Audiophyte
setup

thanks checked out your setup. Looks like it will be similar to mine except I have the Klipsch SLX as my front speakers.
 

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