Ordered a set of HDMI from monoprice.com and they just arrived today.
Man, those are some really stiff cables!!! 
Had one heck of a time getting the cables connected, mostly because of where and how the inputs are at on our TV and how the TV is setup. Had to remove the speakers and lean the TV forward to get it hooked up. Hooking it in to the STB, that was the easy part. 
The very first thing I noticed was a huge change in the color. I went into the menu and noticed the blue was really a vivid blue, but I also noticed the image overall, seemed to be much softer! Didn't much care for that.
Then, I put on the channel my husband had been watching and the color was terrible. There was way too much red!! I go into the settings on the TV to adjust the color and I can't adjust it because the options are not there!
Disconnect HDMI, try component and color settings are there so I can adjust them if I wanted. Go figure, when helping my friend set up her new HDTV, component wouldn't let her adjust the red on her set, but HDMI did and almost the exact opposite for us! (we had a good laugh about that! )
So, we unhooked the HDMI from the STB and went back to component.
For us, component works much better than HDMI. Sharper picture with better detail, yet the colors are good without jumping out at you as if all the colors were of a neon sort.
Mind you, not complaining, but I just thought I would let folks know what happened with our experience. It could very well be a difference in the TV's or it could be something as others have said, something with Uverse and the STB. I don't know and won't make a claim to even guess what it could be.
All I know is it simply did not work for us, so we went back to what did work for us.
I'm afraid to ask!
Pip wrote:I already have a thought of what to do with it.
Seriously, I'm sure the cables are just fine, just didn't work out for us.
mibrnsurg wrote:One thing you didn't mention is what TV you had and how old. On my Panasonic TH42PZ80U, the exact opposite was true. On component the picture was softer and I did not like it and went back to my HDMI cable. Either way I could get into my menu and able to change anything I wanted. HD is just fabulous on the HDMI cable and I don't have the HDMI 'problem'-my remote turns on the TV first, then the 2 seconds later the STB comes on. This has to be an STB update for HDMI as it didn't do this on the component cables.
Chris
Chris, it's a Dell 42" plasma that we have had for just over 3 years.
Now it's funny you should mention how your TV/STB operate with the AT&T remote, because on component, that is exactly how mine is working. TV first, then the STB a couple seconds later.
I know I have seen folks say they get a better picture with component and I always thought, for the best picture, isn't HDMI supposed to be the standard for HDTV? I guess that isn't always the case, or as my hubby said, perhaps it's the differences in the TV.
Like I mentioned, my friend bought a 32" Sharp Aquos TV and with component, there was no way to adjust the color. Red was nowhere to be found. As soon as I hooked up the HDMI cable, the picture was complete, reds and all and with a few adjustments she wanted, her picture is fantastic.
So, I don't think, to be completely fair, that we can place all of the blame on PQ for HD, squarely on Uverse's shoulders. Seems to be other factors are somewhat involved.
Spd, no Xbox for me or another DVD player, at least right now. The one we have works fine.
And with my back, can you picture me trying to even stand up straight enough to play a Wii????
I thought you'd approve since it was your favorite ex-provider!
Now, back to what you already have planned for the HDMI...
mtell1 wrote:
The only problem that I've had with HDMI is it seems like the colors aren't right. At times there seems be a lot of red. This didn't happen all the time but enough for me to try components for a while too if the color balances out better.
That was the very first thing we noticed. Way too much red in the picture and as I said, I could not adjust. Even if I could have adjusted it, I was concerned that perhaps there might be problems down the road and would have to readjust the colors like I had with component, so I didn't want to be fooling with that all the time. It's why we decided to just go back to component and stay there.
