On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:14:09 -0500, HK wrote:

No expert on this here, but my memory of hooking up an HD TV was that
there were five cables going from the cable box to the TV, and the HDMI
cable went from the DVD player to the TV.

I just did all of this with a Direct TV receiver and a Sony KDL46XBR4.

All that is needed is a single HDMI cable going from the receiver to
the television. The DVD player gets a second HDMI cable going to a
different HDMI input on the television.

Be aware that the Sony TV has switchable inputs which can be selected
either from the remote control or from a selector button on the right
hand edge (as you are facing it). For example, If your HDMI cable
from the cable box is connected to HDMI 1, the TV has to be switched
to the HDMI 1 input, etc. There is also a PC input connector if you
want a 46 inch monitor for some reason.