simple HDTV question.

DVI also supports prog scan, and without the d-A, then A-d conversion of lesser connections you'll be way ahead.
Go DVI at the box to HDMI at the TV. You can get cables that have DVI-HDMI connetions, or DVI-HDMI adapters. The only thing you'll miss is the sound as DVI doesn't carry audio. HDMI does.
Nice that you've got two HDMI inputs. When you get your new HD DVD player, you'll be good to go.

Hello again. You have a fixed pixel TV so I would do DVI or HDMI like the others have said and you have one of the best plasmas on the market. I will repeat however for the others who have writen that if you have a CRT HDTV direct view or projector which are still the best, HDMI and DVI are downgrades over component or RGB because the TV has to change an XY location of a pixel back to a scanned line.

got it! thanks a ton everyone!

uh oh, i just thought of something...
1)hd box to tv via dvi/hdmi cable
2)dvdp to tv via hdmi
problem: how do i get the audio to my int. amp with these connections? can i flow all audio from the tv to the amp with 1 set of ic's? would that degrade the sound substantialy due to the extra connnection? or, will i need ic's for each source from the tv to the amp? in that case would component video from the source to the tv and audio ic's directly from the source to the amp be a better overall product? ooohhh boy! i think, preferably, i want a direct audio connection to the amp. thanks again for your insight!

Hello again,

Each component has seperate Digital audio out and L+R audio out.