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I recently ordered my new receiver, an Onkyo TXSR504, and am concerned that I didn't understand audio and video up-conversion which is going to limit my gear's ability to work with one another. Besides the receiver I have a TV that has S-cable in, DVD with optical and coax audio and S-cable and component video outs, VCR with RCA outs, Dish Network DVR with optical audio and S-cable video outs and Sirius Sat with RCA outs.
I "thought" that up-conversion had to do with HDTV, which I don't have, but after looking at the manual on-line, as I haven't received my receiver yet, I think it can also mean that all of your equipment must use the same connectivity factor in order to feed the audio and video through the receiver.
Quote from the manual concerning video connections "When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats, so only outputs of the same format of the input will output the signal."
And
Quote from the manual concerning audio connections "When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats."
One of the things I looked forward to with the Onkyo was that it supported component video input where my old system did not. I hope to upgrade my TV in the future and was going to do so with a component input ready unit but that appears to only benefit the quality of the DVD player as all of the other components are either S-cable or RCA.
My questions are:
What is up-conversion?
Can I input these various formats of video and output them all to the TV with a S-cable so that when I want to change between devices I can do it without a stand alone switchbox or changing the channel (video input) of the TV?
When I upgrade the TV to a component input ready unit will this receiver be limited?
Thanks for the help,
Autoeng
I "thought" that up-conversion had to do with HDTV, which I don't have, but after looking at the manual on-line, as I haven't received my receiver yet, I think it can also mean that all of your equipment must use the same connectivity factor in order to feed the audio and video through the receiver.
Quote from the manual concerning video connections "When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats, so only outputs of the same format of the input will output the signal."
And
Quote from the manual concerning audio connections "When choosing a connection format, bear in mind that the AV receiver doesn't convert between formats."
One of the things I looked forward to with the Onkyo was that it supported component video input where my old system did not. I hope to upgrade my TV in the future and was going to do so with a component input ready unit but that appears to only benefit the quality of the DVD player as all of the other components are either S-cable or RCA.
My questions are:
What is up-conversion?
Can I input these various formats of video and output them all to the TV with a S-cable so that when I want to change between devices I can do it without a stand alone switchbox or changing the channel (video input) of the TV?
When I upgrade the TV to a component input ready unit will this receiver be limited?
Thanks for the help,
Autoeng