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Home theater cabling question

Hello all,
I have been working on setting up a dedicated HT system and I am looking for help in the area of cable configuration. I have searched the discussion boards for the best way to connect all of my HT gear and have not had any luck answering my question. This is what I am working with at the time: Digital cable box (piece of sh$t if you ask me Comcast) with composite outs which are connected to a Replay DVR through the composite in. S-video and optical out from Replay DVR into S-video and optical in on AVR. DVD player S-video and optical outs into S-video and optical in on AVR. For analog CD composite outs to composite in on AVR. AVR to TV using monitor S-video and composite (Red/White) outs to TV.

Although the sound and picture is very nice I am always looking for better. On the Replay and DVDP I have the option of using component out going to component in on AVR. Is this worth it since I will have to downgrade the signal to S-video out to my monitor?

In the very near future (2 months) I will going to plasma so my options on the monitor will change.

Any suggestions on cable configurations and input on the component cable question would be greatly appreciated. I am very happy with the Zu Cables I am using so advice on brand of cable is not needed.
Thanks again
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zorpman
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Another thought.

Your new plasma will have DVI input(s). Getting a DVD with DVI output (very inexpensive, even now) will upgrade that viewing source by an order of magnitude by being 100% digital with no conversion. The DVI input on your plazma will make your AVR obsolesent and eventually obsolete.

The advantages of a 100% digital path from source to screen are simply to great to ignore in a system that looks to the future.

I would therefore minimize my cash outlay on analog components and cables with the anticipation of converting in the near future to straight digital.
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