A/V Receiver?

Posted by Ergin Guney [IP: 206.181.95.130] on June 24, 1999 at 13:18:53
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In Reply to: A/V Receiver? posted by julie drysdale on June 23, 1999 at 22:27:05:

You mention that you do not want to lose the component video connection between your DVD and your TV. If you intend the receiver to do *all* of your video switching, then this would imply that you need a receiver that does component video switching, too.

That will extremely limit your choices (and, unfortunately, raise your price point). The only receivers I know of that can do component video switching are the Denon AVR5700, Marantz SR-18, one or two top-end Onkyos, and the Denon AVR3300. Except the AVR3300, all of these have prices well above $2000. The AVR3300 lists for $1000 but it is not available yet (possibly in the next few weeks).

However, I don't think even these receivers would "mix and match" component video sources with S-video sources and composite video sources. In other words, the component video output of the receiver would only be outputting one of the component video inputs, and you would have to use the S-video or composite output of the receiver to see the composite and S-video sources connected to your receiver. (This assumes that all these receivers do conversion back and forth between S-video and composite. If not, then you will need one connection of each type from your receiver to your TV.) This will still mean that you will have to do "some" input switching on the TV.

If you relax the component video switching requirement (especially given the limitations I've mentioned above), the next step down would be a reciever with S-video switching. There are many out there. Good ones start from $500 on up. However, if you want one that could do conversion between S-video and composite video sources, you'll again find yourself in the $1000+ territory. With a receiver like this, you will have your DVD connected directly to the component input on your TV, and the receiver's output maybe connected to a different input of the TV and the rest of your video components can be switched through that.

The next step down would be a receiver that does composite switching only. Basically, any A/V receiver you will see on the shelves when you walk into any store today will be able to do that, and prices go down through the floor (depending on how little other functionality you are after).

So it's up to you decide on which of these categories you will find yourself in, based on what compromises you can make and how many other S-video and composite video sources you have in your system.

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