How do I connect a HDMI cable box to a HDMI TV and to a DVD recorder?

Question

I would think the best way to connect everythign in HD would be to run HDMI from the cable box to a DVD recorder then HDMI on to the HD TV then run the optical digital audio from the TV to a surround sound. Then whatever is on the TV can be instantly recorded on the DVD recorder and the sound is of highest quality on the surround sound system. Also I would not have to keep switching inputs. Where can I get a "pass thru" DVD recorder- HDMI input and output? I can't find them. Seems like this should be the standard hookup for HD shouldn't it? (the cable box has a DVR so don't recomend that- I want to record some things like Nova etc to keep long term)

Answer 1

Lets see... so if that DVD recorder existed, lots of pirates would take a BluRay or HD-DVD disk, feed the recorder with HDMI and then start burning pirated disks.

Then they would flood Europe & Asia & South America with digitally perfect copies and the studios would get ... nothing.

This is why you wont find a DVD recorder with any type of digital input, it would just make it easy for pirates.

Answer 2

Dvd recorders do not have HDMI imputs because that denotes HD signals and there are no HD DVD Recorders yet that are not commercial so you have to do it the old fashioned way unles you use an HDMI to the tv then optical to reciever and component to DVDR and so forth..just can not be done yet sorry..I worked at CC for 6 years so I do not what I am talking about sorry again..