Connection up a new Home Cinema system. Help!

[garymackay08]

Hi Guys,

Happy New Year!

As a newcomer to AV Forums I would really appreciate it if anyone could advise me on connecting my new Home Cinema system!

I have just purchased a new Panasonic TH-37PX70B Plasma TV and a Sony DAV-IS10 Home Cinema System and now want to connect it all up. However, I also have a Panasonic DMR-EH50 HDD-DVD Recorder and that too needs connecting. Now, I plan to upgrade that too later in the year to an HDMI compatible one but in the mean time what cabling do I need to get and how should I connect to get a cracking picture?

I assume that I connect the TV and Home Cinema System via HMDI but what about the DVD Recorder? Optical lead?

Any help would be grateful guys.

 

[Andy98765]

For best picture HDMI for AV system.
DVD recorder to TV via Component (set to progressive) and optical to AV system

 

[garymackay08]

Cheers Andy,
So HDMI from AV system to TV!
But...... Can you explain the DVD bit a bit more simply!
I'm pretty new to all of this.
'Component (set to progressive)' what exactly do you mean....SCART? And do I get an optical cable to connect to the Sony System and DVD recorder directly?
Sorry for sounding niaive about all of this.
Cheers