As a Comcast cable customer in New Jersey I enjoyed the ability to
burn discs of commercial-free movies that run on PBS on weekends. The
cable was connected to the input of my LG DVD-VCR box & its output
connected to the Panasonic CRT color TV.

I recently invested in a 46" Panavision plasma TV followed by having
Comcast install a 20-channel HD box. This I recently upgraded to a 20-
channel HDMI box.

While I can't complain about the quality of the video, I had assumed
that the LG box would still function in the new setup. Wrong! After
burning a disc of snow, I took the system apart & found that now the
cable goes into the HDMI box input & not into that of the LG box,
which only has its output connected to the TV. I switched the
connections around & found that running the cable through the LG box &
then into the HDMI box didn't work. I had to switch back to the
Comcast configuration.

My question about this to the installer got the reply that I had to
use a splitter on the cable line in order to burn movies. I am
reluctant to do that as I'm afraid that the splitter would only
degrade the great quality TV signal. If I have to use a splitter, I
would appreciate a recommendation on makes that would present the
least loss. (My ISP has a splitter made by Extreme at the house entry
point to split the TV & broadband cable modem signals).

Thanks in advance!

Jack