HDMI cable for HD or Upconverting DVD? (1 Viewer)

[Mike Milillo]

Hello, I have one HDMI input on my set. Does anybody know which source would benefit most from using the HDMI cable? DirecTV HD DVR box. or panasonic s77 720p dvd player.

I would use component for the source that doesn't get the HDMI.

thanks

 

[Mort Corey]

IIRC, your upconverting DVD player won't upconvert over component anyway. If so, your choice is easy

Mort

 

[Mike Milillo]

right, I got that. But my question is, is it worth it to upconvert over HDMI, or to use the HDMI for the HD source?

 

[Andrew Beckmen]

I'd say use the HDMI for a TRUE HD source and not upscaling. The S-77 should look fine over component (though I have never tried it, IMO it doesn't look THAT differant on 480p via HDMI than 720p/1080i on HDMI).

But do they make some kind of HDMI hub or switching box or something to rectify this? I might be in the same boat if I ever finally get HD cable and/or an X-Box 360.

 

[Dick Knisely]

If you can, try it and see if it matters. But I'd give the HDMI input to whatever device was had a true HD signal to work with and that's not the DVD. Both the TV and the DVD will upconvert and component will support 480P from the DVD.

 

[Mike Milillo]

yeah, that makes sense. thanks