Connection Advice - DirecTV HD / HDTV / Sony Home Theater

by pops94 Jul 10, 2009 5:37AM PDT

Looking for advice on the best way to connect the following components:

DirecTV HD Satellite Box
Samsung Plasma (Model PN50A650)
Sony Home Theater (Model HT-CT100)

Not exactly sure of how many/what type of cables to use for best performance. I'm new to the HDTV world and trying to learn how best to use these components.

Any advice/suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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recipe

by Pepe7 Jul 10, 2009 6:20AM PDT

Try this for size:

DirecTV Sat box (HDMI out) --> (HDMI in) Samsung Plasma
DirecTV Sat box (digital optical OR digital coaxial out) --> (digital optical OR digital coaxial in) Sony HT-CT100

This way you can bypass the Sony and use the HDTV speakers if you want. I can't imagine this particular Sony does much good handling video so I'd keep an HDMI going direct to the Sammy for quality purposes.

hth,
Pedro

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Pedro-volvogirl again

by volvogirl Jul 10, 2009 9:00AM PDT

Hi again,

My friend is getting the CT-100 also. She has a BluRay player and Comcast HD cablebox and a SONY Bravia TV. How should I hook her's up?

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Why?

by Pepe7 Jul 11, 2009 2:42PM PDT

Do people keep buying those things? (LOL)

Oh well...

Same deal, basically. Here's how to connect:

Comcast HD DVR (HDMI out) --> (HDMI in) Sony Bravia
"" "" (digital coax or digital optical out) --> (digital coax or digital optical in) CT 100

Blu Ray player (HDMI out) --> (HDMI in) Sony Bravia
" " " " (digital coax or digital optical out) --> (digital coax or digital optical in) CT-100

have fun,
P

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