TV Questions
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AFAIK all the HD satellite and cable receivers have a component video output, the tricky part is the other equipment like DVD / gaming machine / vcr etc. For example let's say your vcr does not have component video output (the 3 separate red green and blue rca cables) but has only the composite video (one single rca cable for video). If you want to watch that on your tv you need to get the signal to it somehow. In my 1 year old sony home theater amplifier / receiver I can't plug that composite video cable into an input in it and switch it out to a component video output to the tv set. That means I can get the signal to the tv one of two ways: My tv has a composite video input so I could plug the vcr directly into the tv, but then I have to fart around with the tv remote and set up separate audio still through the main amp so I now have two remotes I have to play with just to get the vcr signal plus the vcr remote itself. I can plug the composite video from the vcr into the amp and run a second composite out from the receiver to the tv so that I now have two outputs going from the amp (composite and component video) to two separate inputs on the tv, but again same problem I have to switch the tv to the right input so still two remotes to futter around with. Ideally I'd like my amp to take any input signal it supports and output it as component video or hdmi or whatever it's capable of so that I can have one remote for the amp and select what I want to watch without ever having to mess with the TV remove. Problem is I don't know if they exist or not. The whole thing boils down to the single issue that I'd ideally like one remote control for whatever I want to watch with a single button to go from DVD to satellite etc. I can buy a high end programmable remote that can take much of that nonsense and automate it but sadly they have yet to make one that supports the UHF remote that my satellite receiver uses. Baically I just want to be able to hit DVD and watch a DVD or Sat and watch sat or cable and watch cable (we have both because it's the only high speed internet we can get here although I almost never watch it).
John Cardinal wrote:
Ideally I'd like my amp to take any input signal it supports and output it as component video or hdmi or whatever it's capable of so that I can have one remote for the amp and select what I want to watch without ever having to mess with the TV remove. Problem is I don't know if they exist or not.
Some of the mid to higher end systems will upconvert video. e.g. http://www.yamaha.ca/av/Receivers/HTR5990B.jsp[^] (on left click on 'Up-conversion with HDMI')
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John Cardinal wrote:
Ideally I'd like my amp to take any input signal it supports and output it as component video or hdmi or whatever it's capable of so that I can have one remote for the amp and select what I want to watch without ever having to mess with the TV remove. Problem is I don't know if they exist or not.
Some of the mid to higher end systems will upconvert video. e.g. http://www.yamaha.ca/av/Receivers/HTR5990B.jsp[^] (on left click on 'Up-conversion with HDMI')
...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
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Interesting, although according to the chart they only go to 480 not 1080. I guess the real solution is to just chuck out everything down the road when the industry settles down and get all hdmi gear.
John Cardinal wrote:
Interesting, although according to the chart they only go to 480 not 1080.
I've seen other models that will upconvert to 1080 (not sure about 1080p, likely just 1080i).
John Cardinal wrote:
I guess the real solution is to just chuck out everything down the road when the industry settles down and get all hdmi gear.
Not only HDMI, but the HDCP certification as well. Personally i'm waiting for a 1080p camcorder to come out.
...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
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AFAIK all the HD satellite and cable receivers have a component video output, the tricky part is the other equipment like DVD / gaming machine / vcr etc. For example let's say your vcr does not have component video output (the 3 separate red green and blue rca cables) but has only the composite video (one single rca cable for video). If you want to watch that on your tv you need to get the signal to it somehow. In my 1 year old sony home theater amplifier / receiver I can't plug that composite video cable into an input in it and switch it out to a component video output to the tv set. That means I can get the signal to the tv one of two ways: My tv has a composite video input so I could plug the vcr directly into the tv, but then I have to fart around with the tv remote and set up separate audio still through the main amp so I now have two remotes I have to play with just to get the vcr signal plus the vcr remote itself. I can plug the composite video from the vcr into the amp and run a second composite out from the receiver to the tv so that I now have two outputs going from the amp (composite and component video) to two separate inputs on the tv, but again same problem I have to switch the tv to the right input so still two remotes to futter around with. Ideally I'd like my amp to take any input signal it supports and output it as component video or hdmi or whatever it's capable of so that I can have one remote for the amp and select what I want to watch without ever having to mess with the TV remove. Problem is I don't know if they exist or not. The whole thing boils down to the single issue that I'd ideally like one remote control for whatever I want to watch with a single button to go from DVD to satellite etc. I can buy a high end programmable remote that can take much of that nonsense and automate it but sadly they have yet to make one that supports the UHF remote that my satellite receiver uses. Baically I just want to be able to hit DVD and watch a DVD or Sat and watch sat or cable and watch cable (we have both because it's the only high speed internet we can get here although I almost never watch it).
Well, my DVR has component-out, as does my home theater system. I didn't bother looking to see if it up-converts to 1080i (I haven't seen anything that up-converts to 1080p, but those devices that do up-convert go to 1080i). I have one remote for each of the following: TV, DVR, Home Theater, and CD player (300-CD changer), and if I get either satellite or digital cable, I'll have another one. I will probably be buying one of those fancy all-in-one remotes. :)
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