Anyone Watching Hi Def Cable TV on a Projector?

Time Warner is the cable company in my area in Los Angeles.

In NYC I used Time Warner cable and now I have Cablevision.

In both cases, I have paid a few extra bucks to have the HD boxes, and used component video cables to projectors which are older and lower resolution than your machine.

In my case the results have been consistently amazing which has always made me wonder why so many people fuss over big screen plasmas.

A 1080 set up must obviously be even better.

In the true spirit of being an audiophile, I am less concerned with the content than that quality of the picture.

As for Mr Jones, it sounds like his cable provider has less content than major metropolitan areas.

But whatever the case, I find I can watch the most boring shows in HD and they are just riveting.

Good luck. Have fun.

Cwlondon....I was thinking along the same lines as you as far as the plasma thing goes. If I can escape with a $1k projector with a 165 inch diagonal screen that plays a hi def picture, I'll feel like I've just pocketed a $10k savings by not having to buy a big plasma display.

Do HD cable boxes have a digital audio output that will play back in 5.1 or DTS?

you will enjoy the HD picture, non HD if digital will be ok but flaws will be pretty noticable and if you get cable god forbid you will have to watch analog signals because they will make you pretty angry.
If you intend on watching alot of broadcast programing then go with Satelite as all there channels are digital.
DishNet has way more HD channels then DirectTV...go online and check out channel line-up, if you go with cable do make sure they have extensive digital channels. For a quick example my bottom 100 channels are not digital and even on my 30in HD they suck, on a screen your size I cant even imagine how bad they will look.

My cable HD picture on a 100" screen is soooo much better than my standard def stations that I rarely watch SD anymore. I'm using the HDMI out, but component is good too. I highly recommend you get HD. Yes, some stations are better than others, but the difference from SD to HD is much greater than that between stations.