Re: Seeking Receiver recommendations

On Nov 19, 1:21 pm, Cognitive Distortion <meat...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well I plan to buy this:http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsung-50-DLP-Projection-HDTV-HL-T507...
The Samsung 50" DLP 780p.

Apparently it doesn't have audio outputs. But that's fine, since I
need a receiver anyway everything will get plugged into it.

I'm leaning heavily towaords the Onkyo receiverhttp://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo-HT-SR800-7-1-Channel-Home-Theate...
i think this is the one ninphan mentioned for $399.

2 HDMI inputs that's all I need. 1 for my HD cable and 1 for my dvd
player.

I have to second that recommendation for the Onkyo receiver. I
recently advised someone to get that same system and they are
thoroughly pleased with it. It has great front speakers (for a HTIB
anyway) and also came in as a Top pick in consumer reports home
theater tests.
True, that it doesn't come with a DVD player, but you can get an
upscaling player for less than $100 now. This was connected to a
Samsung 50" Plasma via HDMI from both the DVD player and HD sat box.
Also, don't forget that most of the sources (DVD players, sat boxes,
etc.) don't correctly decode (or even send) surround sound if you go
to the TV with the HDMI. HDMI 1.3 is supposed to correct this (I
think), but I still had to use optical (and/or coaxial) digital audio
cables in addition to the HDMI cable to get everything to work right.
monoprice.com is your friend for cables.
As mentioned above, two HDMI inputs, one output, also three component
video inputs, three S-video, and three composite video inputs. Along
with quite a bit of stereo inputs (seven maybe?), two digital optical,
and two digital coaxial inputs. Along with a seven channel analog
surround sound input for any player that supports that (HD player,
SACD, DVDaudio, etc.). Plenty of connections/inputs both audio and
video, along with the ability to map both a digital and an analog
input to a video channel to get both video and audio switching through
the receiver.
Oh, and it sounds incredible. Active sub-woofer helps a lot.
.

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