First of all Welcome
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ericl wrote:
 1. Don't most of the components connect through the reciever and then to the
plasma so that one or two HDMI slots should be enough on the TV? ( I intend to have a Blu Ray DVD, Xbox 360, HD Tivo and Time warner HD cable ) |
Yes, that's correct ... but in this case you'll need to turn on your receiver to be able to watch anything on the TV
... that's why in my case, I always hook up the video signal directly to TV and the audio to the receiver; I avoid to turn on the receiver when I just want to watch the news, and also, I avoid having any problem with the conversion of video signals from DVD, SAT, etc. to receiver and from receiver to TV.
If you only have two HDMI, you can use component cable (blue, red, green) as the next option, but you'll need the audio cable too
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2. I will have the components in cabnets along the wall under and near the plasma (mounted on the wall. If I want to see few cables do they make electrical boxes that can accomidate all the different wires going into one spot and coming out at one spot behind the TV? Kind of like those plates that have a cable phone and ethernet outupt in one box.
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Yes they are some that you can use ... and remember to leave enough space in the cabinet to avoid overheating your components, specially the receiver