HDMI to older Hi-def TV

My older Mitsubishi 55" HD (1080i) TV doesn't have HDMI. It does have many other ports, including firewire, s-video, Component. Can I purchase a cable to convert the HDMI to one that my TV has. I also have a Comcast Cable box and noticed that IT has HDMI. Can I hook the Apple TV into the HDMI port on the Cable box and then watch Apple TV on my TV?

I suspect your cable box HDMI is for output only, so that is unlikely to help you.
There are no cables to convert from HDMI directly to those other ports that you mentioned. If you had DVI, there is a simple and cheap convertor for that since they use the same basic underlying signal, but DVI does not carry audio whereas HDMI does (but the ATV has an optical output you could use in that case).
However, since you didn't list DVI, you're likely looking at buying a converter which can sometimes get rather expensive. The issue is you're converting from an all-digital signal (HDMI) to an analog signal, and that requires a fair bit of signal processing and cannot be done passively via a simple adapter. The converters are essentially small, special-purpose computers in this case.
You may want to search the forums here as others have provided links to various converters. Otherwise perhaps just search around on Amazon. There's a number of options, but be prepared to see some large numbers on the price tags.
Someone more knowledgable may chime in here as well, but another thing to worry about is HDCP (a content protection scheme that is supposed to keep people from copying content). I'm unsure of how that works when using an HDMI converter and if the signal is lost or passed through. AppleTV requires support of HDCP to play protected content (Netflix, iTunes, etc), so if those signals are simply passed through to the TV, your TV would ultimately need to support HDCP as well.

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barbshop wrote:
OK, I know this is basic stuff for most of you, but bear with me as I'm not the tech wizard I always hoped I would be.
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