On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Brian Weeden wrote:
Correct on sound over HDMI. If your receiver can do video switching, then you can hook multiple different formats up to it (Component, composite, HDMI) and output just one video cable (HDMI). Ditto with audio switching, and of course the same HDMI cable can carry both the video and audio signal.
Yeah, the 506 is passthrough, the 606 does switching. My current setup is Standard Def TV going through an 8 year old JVC Receiver to a 1080i TV. I will not be upgrading the TV anytime soon, so 1080i receiver is fine.
In fact, most of my viewing will continue to be standard def. I still have an old series 2 TiVo which will stay in service for a long time, so any recorded TV will continue to be standard def for the time being.
The extent of my HD watching will be the occasional HD on demand through my cable box, live football through the HD channels and I will be purchasing a cheap Upconverting DVD box.
Eventually I *will* be getting a PS3 for Bluray disks, but that is not high on my list.
Assuming the receiver will be upconverting the signal from the TiVo even if it's a "bad" upconvert it can't be worse than the 480i I'm watching in already, can it?
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