New to Home Theater (1 Viewer)

[Lester107]

I am finally getting involved in the home theater scene because we just inherited my in-laws 5 year old 65 inch Mitsubishi WS-65511 DLP HDTV. I just hooked up the new Dish Network HD DVR receiver to it last night, and got a real nice 1080i picture. Of course I couldn't leave well enough alone and bought a Yamaha YHT-590BL surround system in a box and a Sony BDP-S350 Bluray player. The TV only has one 1080i component input (the other 2 only support 480i), so my plan is to run both the Bluray and Dish receiver through the Surround receiver and then out to the single HDTV compnent input. I wanted to post this before I tear into the boxes in case I need to return them. Does this make any sense to any of you home theater people? Can you see of any other obstacles I might face? Thank you

 

[David Willow]

Before you open the Yamaha, you should consider getting one that will decode the HD formats. After a quick search on google, it seems that this unit doesn't even have HDMI in. Suggest you look at the Onkyo systems (6100?) - the receiver is much nicer and the price will be close.

The speakers are not going to be the best in either one (or any HTiB).

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Hi Chris. Welcome to HTF!

I looked up the specs on Amazon for that HTIB and it says:
If this means it has 3 component inputs - and 3 optical inputs, it will work fine. Contact your dealer to see if this assumption is correct.

 

[Joseph DeMartino]

Just FYI: Based on both the model number provided and your desciption of the inputs, etc., you have a CRT-based rear projection TV, not a DLP set. The technologies are completely different. (For instance, there is no such thing as a 1080i DLP television. DLPs are either 720p or 1080p - like all fixed pixel designs they are inherently progressive, and always display everything at their own native resolution - de-interlacing and scaling inputs when needed. CRT-based RPTVs are interlaced and can actually display the resolution of the input signal without converting it.)

Regards,

Joe

 

[Lester107]

Thank you for the replies, I've learned quite a bit already.

 

[David Willow]

Bob you are correct. Not sure what I was looking at...