back in business .... got my 40" LCD full HD 1080p set up..

[We Fly High]

so i got my new Sony 40" LCD (full hd 1080p) two sundays ago.. i traded in my settop box for a HD one last thursday, but Time Warner fuckers forgot to give me the component cables... so just today i went back and got the cables, and im back in the HD experience. haha. shits fucking great. Discovery channel and weed ... oh yeah.

I'm wondering if i should get HDMI cables though... i can get one off ebay for a pretty good price compared to Best Buy, circuit city, etc. But I dont know if its going to make a big difference with a hd cable box.. i think its only maximized with stuff like xbox 360/ps3/blu ray? and cable dont even handle 1080p..

I had my own 51" sony hdtv in college so i was pretty lucky, but my parents didnt know about it, so when i moved outta school, i had to sell that tv quick.

i specificially waited out on playing the wii and ps2 until i got a bigger tv (after the 51", i went down to a 20" Sony tube, and then finally like a 15" Sharp LCD Aquos).. I had god of war 2 for like 6 months or something, and i just started playing it this week finally. I played the first one through on my 51", and it was fuckin amazin, so i knew i had to wait it out, a 15" tv wouldnt do the sequel justice. and I still have Super Paper Mario and Metroid Wii sealed, both of which i bought on release date.

any tv techs up in here? Wondering what a good set up would be.. I need to get some Surround sound too.

[Sofa_King_Awesome]

Dude HDMI cables are a must to get a true 1080p signal. My set is a 720p but I use HDMI for my Directv, and 360.

[NotoriousTDA]

fuck i thought this was thread on the new upcoming EPMD album.

[J.D. Wykid, Esq.]

Dude HDMI cables are a most to get a true 1080p signal. My set is a 720p but I use HDMI for my Directv, and 360.

yup, if you want the FULL HD you need the HDMI cables.

[We Fly High]

Dude HDMI cables are a most to get a true 1080p signal. My set is a 720p but I use HDMI for my Directv, and 360.

yeah the thing is, I dont think Time Warner cable box is capable of receiving 1080p though. DirecTv is satellite right? How do i go about figuring out the resolution for the cable box?

If your set is 720P , does it upconvert the DirecTv signals to 1080i?

And I dont have PS3, 360 or blu ray yet. but i plan on buying at least one of them in the future.

[Al Bundy]

so i got my new Sony 40" LCD (full hd 1080p) two sundays ago.. i traded in my settop box for a HD one last thursday, but Time Warner fuckers forgot to give me the component cables... so just today i went back and got the cables, and im back in the HD experience. haha. shits fucking great. Discovery channel and weed ... oh yeah.

I'm wondering if i should get HDMI cables though... i can get one off ebay for a pretty good price compared to Best Buy, circuit city, etc. But I dont know if its going to make a big difference with a hd cable box.. i think its only maximized with stuff like xbox 360/ps3/blu ray? and cable dont even handle 1080p..

I had my own 51" sony hdtv in college so i was pretty lucky, but my parents didnt know about it, so when i moved outta school, i had to sell that tv quick.

i specificially waited out on playing the wii and ps2 until i got a bigger tv (after the 51", i went down to a 20" Sony tube, and then finally like a 15" Sharp LCD Aquos).. I had god of war 2 for like 6 months or something, and i just started playing it this week finally. I played the first one through on my 51", and it was fuckin amazin, so i knew i had to wait it out, a 15" tv wouldnt do the sequel justice. and I still have Super Paper Mario and Metroid Wii sealed, both of which i bought on release date.

any tv techs up in here? Wondering what a good set up would be.. I need to get some Surround sound too.

cable box is 1080i but your TV will upscale the picture to 1080p.

Get HDMI. It's better quality than Component.

[Al Bundy]

Dude HDMI cables are a most to get a true 1080p signal. My set is a 720p but I use HDMI for my Directv, and 360.

yup, if you want the FULL HD you need the HDMI cables.

no. Component can handle 1080p just fine. HDMI has a little better quality since it's digital but it isn't some crazy difference. Hell I got my Xbox 360 hooked up to a Samsung TrueSync monitor and it looks fucking great with a VGA cord.

[We Fly High]

do you have a brand of HDMI cables that you recommend, I saw monster had 600, 800, 1000. and I saw Dynex too. But i had some pretty crap experiences with their ipod products.. and dynex is significantly cheaper..

[Al Bundy]

do you have a brand of HDMI cables that you recommend, I saw monster had 600, 800, 1000. and I saw Dynex too. But i had some pretty crap experiences with their ipod products.. and dynex is significantly cheaper..

Don't matter really. Pick up cheap HDMI cables off of ebay. Monster cables are a JOKE.

[J.D. Wykid, Esq.]

Dude HDMI cables are a most to get a true 1080p signal. My set is a 720p but I use HDMI for my Directv, and 360.

yup, if you want the FULL HD you need the HDMI cables.

no. Component can handle 1080p just fine. HDMI has a little better quality since it's digital but it isn't some crazy difference. Hell I got my Xbox 360 hooked up to a Samsung TrueSync monitor and it looks fucking great with a VGA cord.

yeah, i hear ya, it will still look fresh, cause its still 1080, but to get the FULL hd experience, you need HDMI cables.

[jeromechickenbone]

Get HDMI undoubtedly.  You got 1080p, you might as well not bullshit and get optimum connections even though most shit isn't fuckin w/ 1080p yet anyway.

[Sofa_King_Awesome]

Get HDMI undoubtedly.  You got 1080p, you might as well not bullshit and get optimum connections even though most shit isn't fuckin w/ 1080p yet anyway.

Exactly. I spent a gwop on my HD set, so I will wait and probably get a 42" 1080p set for my bedroom. No rush, since 1080p resolution isn't being used that much yet.

[Al Bundy]

Get HDMI undoubtedly.  You got 1080p, you might as well not bullshit and get optimum connections even though most shit isn't fuckin w/ 1080p yet anyway.

Exactly. I spent a gwop on my HD set, so I will wait and probably get a 42" 1080p set for my bedroom. No rush, since 1080p resolution isn't being used that much yet.

360 does use it but no game iirc natively displays in 1080p it's all upscaled (still looks great though)

[acgrundy]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=2526&seq=1&format=2

That website has really good deals on HDMI cables

http://www.Amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000E8OVN0/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-4234636-4215254?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3VODXGBJ323R7&v=glance


here is another good deal from Amazon

I need to get HDMI cables myself, just been lazy.  I also wondered how much of a difference they make.  Also, I have a DVD player that can do 1080 quality, and so can my TV, is the only way to get that quality tho is to buy a HD DVD?  Because I don't own any HD DVD's and the dvd player never lets me change past 480, or whatever the lowest setting is

[acgrundy]

oh yeah, whatever you do, don't buy the cables from Best Buy, circuit city, etc...total ripoff.