"whosbest54" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:03:12 -0500, whosbest54
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Almost all the Blu-Ray players I've seen manufactured recently have only
HDMI outputs. You may be able to find one with a component output
As far as I know, BD players have NEVER had component output.
I didn't say only a component output, it obviously could have both
HDMI and oomponent under my sentence. Here's one that does have a
component out, as well as composite and S-Vid.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-P10.../dp/B000F99FDE
IF they ALSO have a component output, it will be handcuffed down to
480p for all bd output fed to it.
True, and I said that. But I should note that went into effect after BD
players were already manufactured for some time, so there may be older
ones out there that have higher res component outputs.
The HDCP rule is that if ANY full res HD signal gets downgraded to a
different output format interface, the resolution ALSO has to be
downgraded to 480p.
The output format interfaces composite and S-Vid would be 480i, not 480p.
Okay, so it sounds like the best idea would be to sell my two 3M projection
units and get one that has HDMI as an option to remove some of the format
conversion issues from the system. This would probably alleviate some of the
other issues, as the 3M units have a minimum throw range of fourteen feet,
and that's about the width of my living room, so getting one that better
fits the space would be much better.
If I had the money to spend I'd probably sell everything and build from
scratch, but unfortunately I have to work with what I currently have. So it
comes back to getting audio into the computer and back out again, and
getting video into the computer and back out again, and finding a good way
to controll all of this in a manner intuitive to folks who are neither
audiophiles nor audio professionals. (which probably means some sort of
remote to control what's switching in the computer)
As for a tuner card, as mentioned earlier, I'd need to get one that works
with the local broadcast HD channels, as there's no reason to drop a
converter into the mix as well as all of the other things needed.
I also probably need to get one of the speakers down and have someone who
can see read me the specs on the back, or at least the model number so I
can research their specs on the web, so I know how much power they need and
how much they can take. They came out of classrooms at a major music
university, and they're not showing any distortion if the volume level is up
enough to give the speakers the power they need, so they should probably do
the gig if I can get enough juice into them to drive the coils and
crossovers.
The other piece of gear I'm not ready to let go of is the Pioneer CLD-409
Laserdisc player. But I'm willing to part with the reciever (Yamaha RX-V461)
and DVD/VCR (Sylvania dvc860D) if I need to. I'd prefer not to let the
subwoofer go (not sure of the brand and model) unless I really have to.
Oh, and the computer is a DELL Optiplex 780 E7500 Minitower.
Maybe that will clear up some of the uncertain areas in all of this.
And one more thing -- I'm not a "he".