RXV800 has no HDMI, components OK?

Flycaster · Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

I have a Yamaha RXV800. I am going to get a LCD HDTV. My STB is a
SA3800HDTV. I watch a very little DVD and don't do gaming, thus watch TV
almost exclusively. Question is: I would like to route everything
through the mammy and then to the TV (as is now presently set up with
the old TV). As the mammy doesn't have HDMI, I plan to use components
out from the STB to the Yammy and then components to the new TV. How
much quality will I be loosing with components vs HDMI? Or, to put it
another way, is it really worth it to get another AV receiver? Thanks.
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Flycaster · Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

Sorry, not RR.

From you response, it looks as though there is no pressing need to buy
a new AVR

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Gandalf wrote:
> Flycaster wrote:
>> I have a Yamaha RXV800. I am going to get a LCD HDTV. My STB is a
>> SA3800HDTV. I watch a very little DVD and don't do gaming, thus watch
>> TV almost exclusively. Question is: I would like to route everything
>> through the mammy and then to the TV (as is now presently set up with
>> the old TV). As the mammy doesn't have HDMI, I plan to use components
>> out from the STB to the Yammy and then components to the new TV. How
>> much quality will I be loosing with components vs HDMI? Or, to put it
>> another way, is it really worth it to get another AV receiver? Thanks.
>
> Is that you, Rachel Ray?
>
> The simple answer is, it depends.
> There's no inherent quality difference between component and HDMI, but
> several factors can make one appear *slightly* better than the other.
>
> Which is which depends quite heavily on your specific equipment and how
> each is processed.
>
> Assuming you use good quality cables and common sense,
> e.g. Don't buy cables from your local flea market or spend extra on
> Monsters, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference.
>
> -G

Gandalf · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Flycaster wrote:
> I have a Yamaha RXV800. I am going to get a LCD HDTV. My STB is a
> SA3800HDTV. I watch a very little DVD and don't do gaming, thus watch TV
> almost exclusively. Question is: I would like to route everything
> through the mammy and then to the TV (as is now presently set up with
> the old TV). As the mammy doesn't have HDMI, I plan to use components
> out from the STB to the Yammy and then components to the new TV. How
> much quality will I be loosing with components vs HDMI? Or, to put it
> another way, is it really worth it to get another AV receiver? Thanks.

Is that you, Rachel Ray?

The simple answer is, it depends.
There's no inherent quality difference between component and HDMI, but
several factors can make one appear *slightly* better than the other.

Which is which depends quite heavily on your specific equipment and how
each is processed.

Assuming you use good quality cables and common sense,
e.g. Don't buy cables from your local flea market or spend extra on
Monsters, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference.

-G

Art · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 62

The only reason to buy HDMI is one cable to the tv. And that only works if
the receiver is capable of upgrading all input to the HDMI cable. For
example if you still use your vcr, you would need the receiver to up the
signal and send it to the HDMI cable. Otherwise more wires to the tv.

"Flycaster" wrote in message @comcast.com...
>I have a Yamaha RXV800. I am going to get a LCD HDTV. My STB is a
>SA3800HDTV. I watch a very little DVD and don't do gaming, thus watch TV
>almost exclusively. Question is: I would like to route everything through
>the mammy and then to the TV (as is now presently set up with the old TV).
>As the mammy doesn't have HDMI, I plan to use components out from the STB
>to the Yammy and then components to the new TV. How much quality will I be
>loosing with components vs HDMI? Or, to put it another way, is it really
>worth it to get another AV receiver? Thanks.
> --
> To email, erase "forgetit"

Kalman Rubinson · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:28:08 -0500, "Art"
wrote:

>The only reason to buy HDMI is one cable to the tv. And that only works if
>the receiver is capable of upgrading all input to the HDMI cable. For
>example if you still use your vcr, you would need the receiver to up the
>signal and send it to the HDMI cable. Otherwise more wires to the tv.

Another reason for HDMI is for the high resolution audio (Dolby-TrueHD
and dts-HD Master Audio) which cannot be conveyed by coax/optical.

Kal

Art · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 62

"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message @4ax.com...
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:28:08 -0500, "Art"
> wrote:
>
>>The only reason to buy HDMI is one cable to the tv. And that only works
>>if
>>the receiver is capable of upgrading all input to the HDMI cable. For
>>example if you still use your vcr, you would need the receiver to up the
>>signal and send it to the HDMI cable. Otherwise more wires to the tv.
>
> Another reason for HDMI is for the high resolution audio (Dolby-TrueHD
> and dts-HD Master Audio) which cannot be conveyed by coax/optical.
>
> Kal

But only for late versions of HDMI.