Which is the most widely used connector in HD set top boxes, is it a component connector or an HDMI one??
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“As of July 1, 2005, all cable operators must “include both a DVI or HDMI interface and an IEEE 1394 interface on all high definition set-top boxes acquired by a cable operator for distribution to customers.””
ALL consumer component (RGB, YPbPr, VGA, etc.) video connections transmit analog video signals only; there is no “consumer-grade” DIGITAL component video (i.e., YCbCr,) interconnection standard.
Nevertheless, you would need a combination of analog – and perhaps digital – coaxial (or optical) cables to complete your audio and video interconnections. Possible connection scenarios, in addition to the three analog component video cables, would include using a stereo RCA cable pair for analog stereo audio out and/or a single RCA cable (or TOSLINK optical) for digital audio out; or alternately you could simply interconnect the set-top box (STB) to your A/V receiver or TV using a standard 75Ω coaxial cable fitted with F connectors (such as those used by cable companies.) That said if you absolutely had to connect an STB or DBS receiver to your A/V system then the component video should be connected directly to the TV or monitor’s component video inputs.
Choosing to use analog component video interconnects between an STB or DBS receiver and an A/V receiver or TV is unnecessarily complicated in my opinion. Such methods of interconnection could very likely pose a bigger problem in the near future when content owners begin implementing DRM copy-protection by enabling the ICT flag option included in the digital HD standards.
The only good reason to consider using an analog (component) video interconnection between an STB or DBS receiver and an A/V receiver or TV is if your equipment failed to "handshake" when attempting to use HDMI/HDCP interconnections and you don’t have an option to use another type of standard digital interconnection such as IEEE 1394 (aka, FireWire, i.Link, etc.)
For the specific interconnection outlined above I would always recommend prioritizing HDMI/HDCP interconnections whenever possible, with other digital interconnects as a second choice, and only using analog interconnections as a last resort.
So far,from what i've seen a component connection is the most common one, there are still hdmi connections but there are many more component and yes, component connectors provide HD channels.
We use a HDMI cable.
Component cables do provide a HDTV picture, although not quiet as clean and crisp as HDMI does.
HDMI provides both digital video and audio.
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