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Question for you A/V Gurus
At my wife's request, I got her a pretty nice home theatre system for a combined birthday/Christmas present. She's out of town until Sunday (birthday next week), and DHL delivered it today so I thought I'd get it all set up and surprise her with it when she gets home.
I have three similar questions. Two pertain to audio and one pertains to video.
Audio
1) The DVD player that came with the system will hook to the receiver/tuner using the red and black analog type chords OR using a digital coaxial chord. I assume that the digital coaxial chord has something to do with the Dolby Digital 6.1 surround sound, but I don't know that for sure. My question is, if I hook up BOTH the digital coaxial chord AND the red and black analog chords, will the receiver automatically use the one that provides the best sound, will it use both or will it always use the analog chords??
2) Similar question but for my Dish Network tuner. The DN tuner has the typical A/V chord which includes the black and red analog chords noted above. However, it also has an output for an optical digital chord that, according to the back of the tuner, has something to do with Dolby Digital. Same question, if I hook the audio up to the receiver with both types will it use the best one or will it always just juse the analog chords?
Video
3) Similar to above, but with video. The DVD player has component output (red, green, blue) AND the usual video output (yellow). It also has S Video, but my understanding is that the component video is better so I excluded that. If I hook up both the component video output and the regular video output, will it use the one that is best or will it always just use the regular video output?
In the past I have always just used the one that I knew to be the best (which would be the digital connections for the audio and the component connections for the video). However, on the diagram that came with the system it shows ALL of them being hooked up.
Basically, I want the best sound and picture I can get with this system, but the diagram seems to indicate that ALL of the available connections should be made. That seems redundant to me, but I thought maybe it served a purpose that I don't know about.
Thoughts??
I have three similar questions. Two pertain to audio and one pertains to video.
Audio
1) The DVD player that came with the system will hook to the receiver/tuner using the red and black analog type chords OR using a digital coaxial chord. I assume that the digital coaxial chord has something to do with the Dolby Digital 6.1 surround sound, but I don't know that for sure. My question is, if I hook up BOTH the digital coaxial chord AND the red and black analog chords, will the receiver automatically use the one that provides the best sound, will it use both or will it always use the analog chords??
2) Similar question but for my Dish Network tuner. The DN tuner has the typical A/V chord which includes the black and red analog chords noted above. However, it also has an output for an optical digital chord that, according to the back of the tuner, has something to do with Dolby Digital. Same question, if I hook the audio up to the receiver with both types will it use the best one or will it always just juse the analog chords?
Video
3) Similar to above, but with video. The DVD player has component output (red, green, blue) AND the usual video output (yellow). It also has S Video, but my understanding is that the component video is better so I excluded that. If I hook up both the component video output and the regular video output, will it use the one that is best or will it always just use the regular video output?
In the past I have always just used the one that I knew to be the best (which would be the digital connections for the audio and the component connections for the video). However, on the diagram that came with the system it shows ALL of them being hooked up.
Basically, I want the best sound and picture I can get with this system, but the diagram seems to indicate that ALL of the available connections should be made. That seems redundant to me, but I thought maybe it served a purpose that I don't know about.
Thoughts??
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When did we go from A/V Nerds to Gurus???
Anyway, Im not sure which will take over if both are connected, I would go with the digital coax if possible. Its pricy tho.
Anyway, Im not sure which will take over if both are connected, I would go with the digital coax if possible. Its pricy tho.
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Nevermind...I just needed to read a little further in the manual.
If connected, the receiver will automatically give priority to the digital signal if it is available. That answers the audio questions.
I believe it treats video the same way.
If connected, the receiver will automatically give priority to the digital signal if it is available. That answers the audio questions.
I believe it treats video the same way.
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Bose is a little too rich for my blood. They do make some VERY nice systems though.
We went with the Sony HT6900DP. It's probably considered a middle of the road system, but it is suits us just fine. Got a pretty decent price on it too....$417 including shipping. It was $499 plus tax at Best Buy.
We went with the Sony HT6900DP. It's probably considered a middle of the road system, but it is suits us just fine. Got a pretty decent price on it too....$417 including shipping. It was $499 plus tax at Best Buy.
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Hoss,
How do you get away with the combining of dates for gifts to the wife? I have anniversary, her b-day and x-mas all with in 40 days of each other and cant catch a break. By the time she pulls the b-day week trick and then x-mas week I am spent.
I love her anyways and just take it all in stride.
How do you get away with the combining of dates for gifts to the wife? I have anniversary, her b-day and x-mas all with in 40 days of each other and cant catch a break. By the time she pulls the b-day week trick and then x-mas week I am spent.
I love her anyways and just take it all in stride.
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Go digital coax for sound.
The normal video line is a composite video line- normally yellow. S video is a step up and component video is new and basically the best availible, or at least it was last I checked =\ I'd use whichever your tv has. No use using component video if your display doesn't accept the signal. S-video is fine and will support all the resolution dvd has to offer.
The normal video line is a composite video line- normally yellow. S video is a step up and component video is new and basically the best availible, or at least it was last I checked =\ I'd use whichever your tv has. No use using component video if your display doesn't accept the signal. S-video is fine and will support all the resolution dvd has to offer.
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Originally Posted by Mule Skinner
Hoss,
How do you get away with the combining of dates for gifts to the wife? I have anniversary, her b-day and x-mas all with in 40 days of each other and cant catch a break. By the time she pulls the b-day week trick and then x-mas week I am spent.
I love her anyways and just take it all in stride.
How do you get away with the combining of dates for gifts to the wife? I have anniversary, her b-day and x-mas all with in 40 days of each other and cant catch a break. By the time she pulls the b-day week trick and then x-mas week I am spent.
I love her anyways and just take it all in stride.
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Originally Posted by Phatboy
Go digital coax for sound.
The normal video line is a composite video line- normally yellow. S video is a step up and component video is new and basically the best availible, or at least it was last I checked =\ I'd use whichever your tv has. No use using component video if your display doesn't accept the signal. S-video is fine and will support all the resolution dvd has to offer.
The normal video line is a composite video line- normally yellow. S video is a step up and component video is new and basically the best availible, or at least it was last I checked =\ I'd use whichever your tv has. No use using component video if your display doesn't accept the signal. S-video is fine and will support all the resolution dvd has to offer.
The TV accepts component video, S video and normal video so I'll be using component video for the DVD player and then normal video for the Xbox and Dish Network (which do not have component video outputs).
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Originally Posted by Hoss
Definitely going digital coax for sound...but also analog for the times when whatever I'm listening to may not have a digital signal.
I have my sat reciever hooked up the same way, and you can hear the A/V reciever switch between the analog audio and the DD audio when switching between channels that have the DD and those that don't.
Originally Posted by Hoss
The TV accepts component video, S video and normal video so I'll be using component video for the DVD player and then normal video for the Xbox and Dish Network (which do not have component video outputs).
There shouldn't be a input with both composite and component though, they are usually set up as different inputs, Video 1 will be the normal (with Svideo along side the RCA video), Video 2 will be the component, and will usually have the Digital Audio connection along with it, if the TV has a DD decoder.
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Originally Posted by phox_mulder
There shouldn't be a input with both composite and component though, they are usually set up as different inputs, Video 1 will be the normal (with Svideo along side the RCA video), Video 2 will be the component, and will usually have the Digital Audio connection along with it, if the TV has a DD decoder.
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I've never noticed if the TV itself has a digital audio connection, but the new receiver does and that's what I'll be piping the digital signal into so that's all that matters.
Needless to say, I'll be busy snaking speaker wires down through the walls tonight.
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Originally Posted by Hoss
Definitely going digital coax for sound...but also analog for the times when whatever I'm listening to may not have a digital signal.
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Right...for the DVD player. I was talking about my satellite tuner....where some channels are digital and others are not.
It's all hooked up and working well....for the most part anyway. For some reason the Xbox video is not getting to the TV. Haven't got figured that one out yet.
It's all hooked up and working well....for the most part anyway. For some reason the Xbox video is not getting to the TV. Haven't got figured that one out yet.