Video Asylum

Posted by johnvb (A) on December 28, 2004 at 09:41:38

In Reply to: HDMI and two-channel and other questions posted by DWPC on December 27, 2004 at 21:20:24:

I don't know about the first question, that may be specific to whatever player you buy. Unless you want the option to play movie sound through the TV, having no audio to the pioneer for DVD playback makes each set-up easier.

I asked the same questions about DVI (via upconverting DVD players) Vs component (via a decent progressive scan player) at the Spot when I first bought my 730HD. Was told that due to the excellent line doublers in the Pioneers, and the fact that they are analog CRT units, there is no benefit with the DVI upconveting players and you actually lose some video adjustment control on the pioneer. But another fellow was using DVI with great results.

Heck, I'm still using a Sony interlaced player via component with mine, want to upgrade to something like the DV-59AVi player when the price is right.

I use the RGB-HD input for a second HDTV source, which is a Zenith OTA video receiver (my DVD player uses the second component input). The manual states that it only accepts a 1080i signal. I can compare the same HD local channels between my cable box via component and my Zenith via RGB, but there are too many variables there to judge the input itself. Both look great when the content is high quality.