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Learski · 04-30-2008, 09:18 AM

I apologize for the newbieness, but I did read through the last 100 days worth of posts to see if the answer might be in there -- no luck.

I'm considering buying a BluRay to go with my AVR which is a 2005 (?) Yamaha RX-V630 with only component jacks, no HDMI or even DVI, my monitor is a 2004 Panasonic Tau (flat-faced tube, 1080i max) with only DVI-D, component and S video jacks. All home theater instructions that I've read online state that I should input all of the video into the AVR but given my AVR's lack of HDMI ports, pushing BluRay video through a "component" device rather than inputting directly into a DVI-D monitor seems like it would degrade the quality. I'm thinking it would be better to push the video directly from the BluRay to the monitor via HDMI-DVI cable and input only the audio into the AVR via fiber optic (or might there be audio sync problems?). Lastly, the max resolution on the Tau is 1080i so do any of my concerns about video quality really matter anyway?!?

Thanks much!!

04-30-2008, 09:18 AM	#1 of 5
Learski *tim* Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Local Time: 10:45 PM Local Date: 10-10-2008 Posts: 2	Confused: Why input video into AVR? I apologize for the newbieness, but I did read through the last 100 days worth of posts to see if the answer might be in there -- no luck. I'm considering buying a BluRay to go with my AVR which is a 2005 (?) Yamaha RX-V630 with only component jacks, no HDMI or even DVI, my monitor is a 2004 Panasonic Tau (flat-faced tube, 1080i max) with only DVI-D, component and S video jacks. All home theater instructions that I've read online state that I should input all of the video into the AVR but given my AVR's lack of HDMI ports, pushing BluRay video through a "component" device rather than inputting directly into a DVI-D monitor seems like it would degrade the quality. I'm thinking it would be better to push the video directly from the BluRay to the monitor via HDMI-DVI cable and input only the audio into the AVR via fiber optic (or might there be audio sync problems?). Lastly, the max resolution on the Tau is 1080i so do any of my concerns about video quality really matter anyway?!? Thanks much!!