Home audio & video: How will running HDMI through a HTIB affect my Directv?
How will running HDMI through a HTIB affect my Directv?
by pinellasproofer - 4/22/08 8:21 AMI am thinking about buying one of the Onkyo HTIBs that CNET is always raving about, but the upscaling specs have me a bit confused. My Sony LCD can handle 1080p, but a lot of receivers upscale to 1080i. My Directv only goes up to 1080i, but will I need to buy a 1080p receiver if they start broadcasting in 1080p? Would the 1080i receiver mess up a 1080i signal trying to upscale it. I assume that, as long as a receiver has any HDMI connections, whatever signal beyond the upscaling capability would not be affected, but I have been wrong before. Also, would the receiver upscale Directv channels that are not 1080i, and if so, would this fool my tv into stretching the upscaled channels?
Not ever having a receiver, I assume my Directv HDMI cable goes into the receiver and then I have to buy another cable to go from the receiver to the tv.
Thanks for any help.
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by bevillan - 4/22/08 8:25 AM In reply to: How will running HDMI through a HTIB affect my Directv? by pinellasprooferDo you have the option to run the HDMI directly from your Direct TV box to your TV and then an audio optical cable from your Direct TV box to your receiver in your HTIB system? That will give you the best picture quality.
i do have optical
by pinellasproofer - 4/22/08 8:38 AM In reply to: hdmi by bevillanThanks for the quick reply. Both the Directv box and my tv have optical output. I just thought you needed the signal to go through the receiver to the tv to access any HTIB on-screen menus.
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by bevillan - 4/22/08 9:13 AM In reply to: i do have optical by pinellasprooferAll of the possible menu options to affect video quality should be done on your Direct TV box and your HDTV. Receivers (HTIB receiver) do not have many menu options to alter video, so bypassing it by feeding the video directly from your Direct TV box to your TV is fine.
As long as you either run an digital optical audio cable from your TV Out or the Direct TV out to your HTIB receiver, you will have all the audio control based in the receiver.
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