Do Cable Boxes Have HDMI Outputs?

[ReduxInflux]

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[MozartMan]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

Do Cable Boxes Have HDMI Outputs?

yes, they do. I have Motorola 3416 with HDMI and firewire outputs.

[PBJblu-ray alltheway]

Yes, My Scientific Atlanta DVR has HDMI output.

[Rup_Muk]

My Scientific Atlanta box has DVI. It is not a DVR though.

Rup.

[ReduxInflux]

and i imagine that soon they'll be supporting hdmi 1.3?

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by PBJblu-ray alltheway

Yes, My Scientific Atlanta DVR has HDMI output.

Thats what I have. Only does 1080i though. Monster cable HDMI to the tv and I used a Monster cable digital coax for the audio. Works pretty well.

[JayAuritt]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

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Mine has one now, but I had to go to my cable company (Comcast) to switch out the box they originally gave me that had a DVI interface which, with the use of a DVI-to-HDMI cable, I was able to use to connect directly to the TV. However, I just purchased the Onkyo 805 and was unable to use the receiver to switch the converted DVI-to-HDMI signal through to the TV, necessitating the switch to a box with an HDMI interface.

[MozartMan]

Originally Posted by ReduxInflux

and i imagine that soon they'll be supporting hdmi 1.3?

Nobody knows.

If you want to dig into Motorla boxes you can read this thread (it has almost 4,000 posts though):

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=604142

[Amon37]

My Dish Network ViP622 has an HDMI out.

[MozartMan]

Originally Posted by Amon37

My Dish Network ViP622 has an HDMI out.

The issue with satellite boxes from DirecTV and DishNetwork is that they don't have firewire output and you cannot transfer SD or HD video to PC, compare to boxes from cable co.
I can transfer SD or HD video from Motorla 3416 box to PC via firewire without re-encoding (original broadcast quality). With DTV or E* you have to use eiter stand alone DVD recorder or PC capture card, and it is only SD.