No component on optik tv box, Telus does not care

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Our condo just got upgraded to Optik TV with the VIP5662W box. It does not have a component out, just HDMI. Problem is that that box also de facto adds hdmi copy protection and none of my tv's can take it: after 15 mins on the display starts flickering. I called Telus tech support and they said that because this is considered a business account since our cable is part of strata fees, they don't supply a different box. They told me to get a hdmi to component cable, and most of these are fake cables that do not work! HDmi is digital, component is analogue! When I called them back they told me to change TV's!!! I have tried hdmi splitters, hdmi pass through boxes and nothing works. I have been paying $50 a month for cable for the last 2 months and have nothing... please help, running out of ideas.

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