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I bought a panasonic sa-ht830v home theatre system. I realized too late that it did not have enough component inputs for my needs (xbox360, and ps2) I have access to a nice onkyo reciever now, and Id like to use the old panasonic, which has DVD and VHS player built in as my DVD player. Problem is, that my speakers, sub-woofer inparticular is connected wit h a weird unique cable. Am I stuck with this clucnker? or ist there someother option? The system and speakers are adequate in every way for my apartment, its just that I need more inputs . What are your suggestions? any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Kent
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thanks guys. I bought the switchboard box thingy. gonna hook it up tonight
You might get a cheap switch-box at Radio Shack. For a full quality picture you'd want a high quality dedicated switcher. But, this DVD player sounds like its not state of the art,...so you could probably get by with the switcher that normally switches L and R audio and a composite video and use all three of these for component video switching.The outlets are not wide enough bandwith or idealized for the best video, but they should still be OK.
How many component inputs does your display monitor have? On my son's setup, we send his X-box video straight to the TV, to the one component input, which is the best way performance wise. Then send the other gaming units through his receiver for video switching, to the other input (in his case, S-video)Also there are switch boxes, such as this one:
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