Cool. I'll buy a set of component cables on the way home tonight. Thanks for the advice.
Side note - I plan to buy an Xbox 360 after the holiday hype dies down, does it come with the component cables, or will I have to buy them too? > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: HDMI switch suggestions > Importance: High > > Not an s-video, but component. Your TV should have comonent video inputs which > is the three RCA style plugs colored Red, Green, and Blue. > > Everything you currently own will run over component with no problems. HDMI is > nice because it is one cable for audio and video. > > Here is how mine is setup: > > HD Cable box/DVR - HDMI > DVD Player - Component > Xbox 360 - Component > Media Center PC - VGA > > All the devices use optical or coax for audio. > > My next purchase is going to be a fancy remote that will control them all and use > macros to switch the TV to the correct input and stuff at the push of a button. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 12/12/2006 8:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: HDMI switch suggestions > > > > Well, no... > > the dvd player came with an HDMI cable, so I just figured it was the best > connection. I set the DVD player to play back at 1080 and it worked, looks > good, etc. Are you saying that it would work just as good if I just went > out and bought an s-video cable? > > I'm kinda new to this whole home theater thing. Finally have enough money > to throw at it. > > So, suggestions are welcome. > > > > On 12/12/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Any reason why you are using HDMI for the DVD player? Even with the > > upconversion it won't be doing 1080p and component video will do the job > > just as well. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tue 12/12/2006 6:45 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: HDMI switch suggestions > > > > > > > > So, bought myself an LCD HDTV a couple weeks ago, but didn't have the > > foresight to make sure that I had enough HDMI inputs as I had components. > > Now I'm stuck switching between my DVR and my Upconvert DVD player by > > pulling out the cable behind the TV and switching it back and > > forth. So...I > > see that there are plenty on places that sell HDMI 2 port switches, and > > even > > worse, they are all over the map as far as price goes. Does anyone know a > > good place to buy electronics stuff like this online, and whether it > > matters > > if I buy the cheap model or the expensive one? > > > > > > > > Appreciate any advice. > > > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > ~~Ray Champagne : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - Release Date: > > 12/11/2006 > > 4:32 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222143 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
