Looking for Receiver With LOTS of Input Outputs

[Will]

Life used to be easy. You would buy a receiver with lots of analog and
S-Video inputs and outputs, and you could then select an input and match it
to an output. Now things are getting complex again. There is now DVI
output for video, and audio inputs now include optical.

Is there anyone who makes a high end receiver that includes a very large
number of inputs (at least 10) and at least three outputs, with the ability
to watch and listen on one output while you record on another output? I
gather that the reason you don't see these devices is because of some
concern about copying of digital content?

I'm drowning in cables and cross connects, and there just has to be a better
way of bringing all of the new technologies together.

--
Will

[Will]

I guess I didn't say it explicitly enough here: I want the receiver to
directly support all of the current popular forms of analog and digital
audio and video inputs and outputs.

--
Will


"Will" > wrote in message
...
> Life used to be easy. You would buy a receiver with lots of analog and
> S-Video inputs and outputs, and you could then select an input and match
it
> to an output. Now things are getting complex again. There is now DVI
> output for video, and audio inputs now include optical.
>
> Is there anyone who makes a high end receiver that includes a very large
> number of inputs (at least 10) and at least three outputs, with the
ability
> to watch and listen on one output while you record on another output? I
> gather that the reason you don't see these devices is because of some
> concern about copying of digital content?
>
> I'm drowning in cables and cross connects, and there just has to be a
better
> way of bringing all of the new technologies together.
>
> --
> Will

[Tim Schwartz]

Will,

Have a look at an Arcam AVP-700. (Suggested retail in the USA $2199)
It is an AV PREAMP/tuner, there are no power amps built in, though there
is a companion 7 channel power amp. As I recall, if you use the unit as
a 5.1 receiver, then you can use the remaining 2 channels as zone 2.
There is a version with built in amps (AVR300 and AVR250) but they do
not support HDMI. You can read about them on the US importer's web site
www.aslgroup.com, or the factory web site, www.arcam.co.uk. I've not
used an AVP700 myself, but a couple of my customers have them and like
them.

Regards,
Tim Schwartz
Bristol Electronics

P.S. DVI is video only and being replaced in the market by HDMI which
connects both audio and video. DVI can be connected to HDMI with
adapter cables as I understand it, but I have not done it myself. A
bigger issue is that your monitor is 'HDCP' compliant. HDCP is a form
of copy protection.

Will wrote:
>
> Life used to be easy. You would buy a receiver with lots of analog and
> S-Video inputs and outputs, and you could then select an input and match it
> to an output. Now things are getting complex again. There is now DVI
> output for video, and audio inputs now include optical.
>
> Is there anyone who makes a high end receiver that includes a very large
> number of inputs (at least 10) and at least three outputs, with the ability
> to watch and listen on one output while you record on another output? I
> gather that the reason you don't see these devices is because of some
> concern about copying of digital content?
>
> I'm drowning in cables and cross connects, and there just has to be a better
> way of bringing all of the new technologies together.
>
> --
> Will

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
Will > wrote:
>Life used to be easy. You would buy a receiver with lots of analog and
>S-Video inputs and outputs, and you could then select an input and match it
>to an output. Now things are getting complex again. There is now DVI
>output for video, and audio inputs now include optical.
>
>Is there anyone who makes a high end receiver that includes a very large
>number of inputs (at least 10) and at least three outputs, with the ability
>to watch and listen on one output while you record on another output? I
>gather that the reason you don't see these devices is because of some
>concern about copying of digital content?
>
>I'm drowning in cables and cross connects, and there just has to be a better
>way of bringing all of the new technologies together.

Just use a video patchbay like everyone else. Trompeter makes some nice
ones that can handle digital signals.
--scott

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