The question that I ponder is how long can we hold out with component video?
By 'we', I mean, the world of Pro video, Custom installation, and people like me that make analog video switches, all have had serious heartburn at one point or another around digital video, and building system solutions around that. (Julie, how about an in depth article on the future of whole house video in the face of copy protected digital video?).
I've always been the cheerleader for component video (the guy in pants with the megaphone, not the mini-skirts), partially because I don't see a whole lot of practial solutions for mutli zoned systems. The few product solutions out there for digital seem to be more bandaids than anything else.
So a question. Has anyone done a large scale whole house A/V system with HD everywhere, and done it with digital video? If so, what are the major pieces of the puzzle you used? Switching, routing, cabling, etc. Any drawbacks to the system?