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In Reply to: Coupla questions posted by Dalancroft on August 05, 2003 at 08:38:31:
The monitor is a 36" Panasonic HDTV, the receiver, now, is an RCA using S-video. The Direct TV subscription is regular (not HDTV)The receiver in question is a $99 RCA with componant out, so was wondering if there would be an improvement over S-video. Thanks, I've been away from the comp. jim...
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Most people run video signal through an A/V amp for reasons not involving picture quality -- they don't have enough inputs into their TV (probably not a problem in your case), they want to use on-screen menus, or it's simply more convenient to let the receiver do the switching. You won't improve picture quality running a signal through your low-buck receiver; in fact, if anything you'll degrade it. Also, running an S-video signal into a receiver and a component signal from receiver to monitor will NOT "upgrade" the signal to component. S-video in, S-video out even through component wires.Myself, I prefer direct connections whenever possible. I have two component inputs into my Panasonic 47" widescreen -- one for a DVD player and one for the HDTV set-top box. Any other future connections (VCR, video game) will be made via S-video.
My recommendation is to run component video from your set-top box directly into the TV and either a digital coax cable (if your receiver accepts one) or a set of interconnects from the set-top box into your receiver. An HDTV set should have two sets of component inputs; if not, S-video from the DVD player should provide a more than adequate picture quality.
Then, later, upgrade to a better receiver. eCost.com sells good ones these days for about $250-300, 5.1 and even 6.1 models. You'll be happy you did.
Sorry, just to clarify, when I read "receiver" I was thinking amp and you're referring to the satellite set-top box (STB in Asylum parlance). I don't think you'd see an appreciable difference in picture quality on a 36" monitor going from S-video to component.However, if you decided to upgrade to HDTV, you might as well get the most bang from your buck and run component wires directly into your set.
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