Need Help Deciding Which Cable to Buy?

Understanding which cable to buy for your home theater can be a daunting task for even the most technically savvy person. That is why we want to make this step as easy as possible, so you can stop worrying about cables and start enjoying your home theater's incredible picture and sound.

When deciding which cables to buy the first thing you need to understand is what type of connections your components currently have available. Most High-Definition Televisions (Plasma, LCD, and Projection) purchased within the last couple of years typically offer digital connections such as HDMI and DVI. They may also allow for standard Component connections. If your television has HDMI or DIV connection capabilities we recommend using these over Component connections.

Using Component connections the video signal often must be converted from a digital signal to analog signal and back into digital. With each conversion you often lose signal quality which reduces picture quality. Another reason for choosing digital connections over component is because future components (DVD, HDDVD or Blue-Ray Players) you may purchase in the near future will most likely utilize these newer all-digital connections.

HDMI or DVI?

If you have components that support either HDMI or DVI, we recommend using HDMI cables because its ability to carry both video and audio signals. Using DVI cables will require that you run a seperate audio cable since DVI is unable to carry audio. Cables Store sells both HDMI and DVI cables.

Often times you have components that use different connection types. If you are in this situation where you have one component that has DVI connections and another has HDMI we recommend using our HDMI to DVI cable rather than purchasing an adapter. Using adapters can cause signal loss and degrade your picture quality. Using our HDMI to DVI cable between these components will eliminate the need for adapters and ensure the highest signal quality between your components.