How do I piece together my high-def home theater?
The back of your home entertainment system can be one of the more intimidating places in your home–to many, it’s just a confusing maze of wires. To watch high-def content, you’ll need the right connections for your high-def cable or satellite box, or for your Blu-ray player. There are several ways to connect these devices, but the best way is with an HDMI cable. HDMI is a "secure" digital cable that protects against people trying to steal high-def movies or programming. Component cables also work for delivering video to your HDTV, but they are analog and impossible to protect against piracy, so the industry is trying to phase these out over time. But for now, they’ll work for most content. On the audio side, we recommend a single optical cable that delivers up to eight channels of sound to your receiver through a fiber optic cable.