Personally, I use a Monster cable with an optical audio adapter. I doubt I'd be able to tell any difference with a cheap $5 generic brand cable though, so I'd just buy those if I were you.
Microsoft made a 'High Definition AV Pack' which is basically just a box with component & optical inputs on it, so you can use any kind of component cables you want.
Microsoft also made a component cable (not the box version). I used to have that one. Now I just use a 3rd party cable from ebay and I don't think there's any difference.
Fair enough. Just to be safe, any brand I should definitely avoid?
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Some of the after-market component adapters do NOT have an optical adaptor on them, so if digital audio is important avoid them. I can say the brands for sure, and I'm sure there are quite a few that lack this feature. I'd play it safe though and stick with Microsoft's official pack. I use the Microsoft one on my HDTV and the picture looks great.
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