Apple TV and Cable???

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Apple TV and Cable???

A very basic question. I have a HD TV that is hooked up to Comcast Cable. Does Apple TV work completely independent of Comcast? That is if I install Apple TV will I also still be able to use Comcast - in short, are they parallel systems?

Thanks for your help.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 9, 2010 5:33 AM

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Answer 1

Arcade99

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Oct 9, 2010 5:36 AM in response to PLB11#

Yes, ATV2 will be connected through a separate HDMI cable with your HD TV.

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Answer 2

AGupta

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Oct 9, 2010 6:14 AM in response to PLB11#

Yes they are parallel. We have Comcast too.
Our cable box connects to stereo receiver via HDMI (our receiver has 2 HDMI inputs).
AppleTV connects to the same stereo receiver via its second HDMI slot.
Receiver has one HDMI output that goes up to the TV.

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Answer 3

Nov 3, 2010 1:12 PM in response to AGupta

I have Comcast too and I have DVR hooked up to an HD TV. I want to also hook Apple TV up to that same TV. Unfortunately, the TV only has one HDMI port, which is currently connected to the DVR. I would rather not have to unplug the DVR HDMI cable to use the Apple TV and keep switching back and forth. I bought a splitter to try to hook both up to the TV at the same time. I haven't had a chance to try it yet and I'm not sure a splitter will work, as I am not trying to split one signal to two different sources. Any thoughts or ideas?

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Nov 3, 2010 8:39 PM in response to Debra Dziuk

Lots of HDMI splitters and switches around. If you want low price, try here:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?cid=109&cpid=10110

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tgibbs

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Nov 4, 2010 6:51 AM in response to Dave Yeager

I have a Monoprice HDMI switch, and it works well.

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