Connecting my iphone to a HDTV...???

I just purchased the component AV cables for the iphone thinking that I could view on tv what I see on the iphone. I was wrong. I can only see videos from you tube, quicktime videos from the internet. I can see the pictures as a slideshow. The music I am having trouble, I can only hear music when i am seeing the pictures. If I use the ipod feature I get no sound.
Am I missing something? I can't see podcasts and many other features. Is this all we get from the 50 dollar cables?

I'm a PC type guy so I'm not going to be a lot of help here, but I do know folks do this all the time.
The iPhone requires MPEG4 video, and using the H264 codec is best (there is another MPEG4 codec, called Level 2, but the compression isn't as good nor is the picture as nice). To project or play on a TV I would recommend using a resolution of 640 (height will depend on whether it's widescreen or not) and a max or total bitrate not more than 1000. This will result in an excellent image even on a large screen, and will play just fine.
You may want to do a search on this very forum (use "iMovie") and you'll see some threads that will tell you how to do what you want specifically.

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