Does Directv and/or Verizon FiOS and/or Comcast supply all necessary cables?

Question

I have a sort of complex home theater setup. I have a PS3, Sharp 52 LCD, a Philips Home Theater System, a Wii, and a Audio converter box. The Home theater system only has a coaxial in. So, I have an Optical cable from the TV to the audio box. An Optical cable from the PS3 to the Audio box. And, the Wii connected to the TV via component video cable. Then I have coaxial from the Audio converter box to the Home Theater System. This setup is great for playing all my games in surround sound, and watching my blu-ray movies.

But all of this equiptment is fairly new, and I still haven't chosen what TV service provider I am going to go with. So I was wondering....

Which of these company's will provide a HDMI cable to connect the HD box to the TV, and a optical or coaxial cable to connect the HD box to my audio converter box?

Directv or Verizon FiOS or Comcast

Answer 1

FiOS and Comcast don't offer anything except composite cables.  DirecTv has one HDMI included with their HD box along with composite.  Obviously all offer coax cables if needed.  And none of them offer any kind of digital audio hookups.

Answer 2

They'll give you just the basic ones - component cables and the regular audio (red/white)  cables.

It's up to you to buy the HDMI and the optical cables.

Answer 3

I'm not sure about the other companies, but I do know for sure that the DirecTV certified technicians are required to use a HDMI cable connection first if at all possible. If it doesn't work or it's not possible then they would move on to composite.

If you do get DirecTV and the installer tries to not use it, remind them it's part of the installation. If they try to charge you call customer service and have a Technical CSR tell them what they are supposed to do =D

Answer 4

If you have Complex system you don't want to use there c**p there going to give you.  GO get monster cables for HDMI and I would go with Directv.