If you don't have DVI, its going to be hard to support the "next" HDTV. DVI is a prerequisite for the content protection schemes that the content holders have insisted on; I think the take on www.avsforum.com is that DVI will eventually be the way content is transferred.
Do I REALLY need to install DVI and 15 pin cable?
I am working on a family room and have been given conflicting or incomplete info regarding what cables to run from the receiver's location to the video display. It has been suggested by an installer that I only need S-video for this. I went ahead and added 5 RG-6 leads for component video. What am I going to miss if I don't add a DVI cable (are they all the same?) or a 15 pin mini-din cable (are they all the same?) I was led to believe that the pin locations were not standard. The walls are pretty closed up, but I may add them if the cost of the cable is not too high. Thanks for reading and I hope someone can answer my question.