Samsung: How do I set up new plasma with older home theater
How do I set up new plasma with older home theater
by photoqueenbee52 - 10/30/09 6:43 PMSetting up Samsung Plasma w/existing surround sound system.
by photoqueenbee52 - 10/19/09 5:25 PM In reply to: New Samsung forum is alive and kicking! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just bought a beautiful Samsung 58" plasma PN58B550 and a Samsung 3600 blue-ray player. I have a built in two-zone surround sound system and an old (~8yrs)Integra receiver. I'd like to learn more about the new home theater receivers before I buy a new one. I'm very confused about how to set this up. The Samsung manual says that HDTV does not provide multi-channel sound. Is this true? If so, here's what I'm thinking for setting up:
1) send the cable box into the TV to get the best picture quality.
2) hook up the blue-ray to the receiver to get the surround sound.
If I do that, will I lose picture quality on my blue-rays? And, for some reason my husband wants to know if we will lose video quality if uses component cables instead of HDMI? I think this relates to the old receiver for the new TV.
Lastly, I should mention that I bought the 3600 blue ray player so I could stream from Netflix. Does this have any impact on the setup plan?
Feel free to tell me the best set up. Or, should I be learning about new home theaters. I don't know where to start. Thanks so much.
How do I set up new plasma with older home theater
by Samsung_HD_Tech
- 10/30/09 7:15 PM
In reply to: How do I set up new plasma with older home theater by photoqueenbee52
photoqueenbee52,
These are all great questions, so let's see if I can give you some answers.
The television will not pass surround sound through the optical cable, except for the television's internal tuner - so you can get broadcasts in 5.1. Any external box, such as a Blu-Ray, game console or a cable/sat box will most likely go through optical (if hooked up to the receiver) or through HDMI (directly into the receiver).
You won't lose any quality by hooking your peripherals directly to a receiver, however you'll want to make sure your receiver supports 1080p signals, as not all receivers do. The benefit of HDMI is that many sources today are digital signals, and the HDMI cables will pipeline the signal straight through from source to (tv) set.
Component has the ability to carry a high quality HD signal also, but component cables change the signal from digital-to analog (thru cable) - to digital. HDMI has an all-digital no-conversion process, so there is no picture loss. Picture loss is minimal with a good pair of component cables, but HDMI cables are all generally equal, since it either passes 1's and 0's, or it doesn't.
At this point, if you're on the fence, I'd recommend HDMI cables, and some members might point out where they get good cables at a great price.
Streaming from Netflix shouldn't have any impact, except that you get to watch great movies.
There is a great array of receivers available, but again, I'll open that to our forum members. I do know that if you have several components, you'll want some extra optical inputs, so that might be a good starting point. 2 or 3 should do.
--HDTech
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