bhoejte
01-03-08, 12:20 AM
Hi.
Preface:
I'm hoping that I hit the right forum with some questions about HDMI, but You never can know...
Introduction:
I am beginning to setup a new system, and are in the information gathering stage.
Ultimately I would like to have a system that can handle the new formats (DD TrueHD, DTS MA, whatever else comes).
At the moment, I have decided on a receiver that can take the audio from HDMI, and send the signal on to the display (works as a HDMI switch, but splits out the audio part to be handled by the receiver also). As I understand it, the new formats needs to go through at HDMI 1.3.
Questions:
What happens if the HDMI in the display device is NOT HDMI 1.3, is the whole HDMI chain degraded to whatever the display is, or can/will part of the chain be 1.3, while the other part is e.g. 1.1?
That is, will I still be able to send the new formats through HDMI, even if I ultimately decide on a display that does not handle HDMI 1.3, or do I need to rely solely on player decoding?
What happens if the display says it can't handle the audio formats? Will they still be sent to the receiver?
Further - probably unwanted - information:
The following components are being considered at this time:
Source: Probably PS3 (Almost cheapest BluRay player at the moment)
Receiver: Nad T775 (Sound, feature set - or rather lack of)
Display 1: Probably Panasonic TH-42PZ70E (FullHD, nice picture, expected life 10 years)
Display 2: Probably Panasonic PT-AX200 (Cheap, flexible, expected life 2-3 years when FullHD projectors are cheaper)
Some kind of HDMI splitter (only one HDMI output on receiver)
While the above list should preserve 1.3 all the way through for some combinations, I have also considered other displays that does NOT support 1.3, hence the questions. I'm not really sure the PZ70 actually has 1.3, but some threads here suggests that it does, some suggests the opposite.
I know that the receiver is not able to decode the new formats, but NAD has more or less promised to make upgrades available to do this when/if these formats become widespread enough. The question now is just "How widespread is widespread enough?"
Oh... my current system:
DVD: Pioneer DV757Ai
HDR: Sony something or other
Display: Sony Vega 32 Trinitron (now on 4th reset and very dim)
Recevier: Kenwood KRV-777 (needs abou 90 min. warmup before sound)
It really needs to be upgraded/repaired/changed.
Regards
Bjoern
Preface:
I'm hoping that I hit the right forum with some questions about HDMI, but You never can know...
Introduction:
I am beginning to setup a new system, and are in the information gathering stage.
Ultimately I would like to have a system that can handle the new formats (DD TrueHD, DTS MA, whatever else comes).
At the moment, I have decided on a receiver that can take the audio from HDMI, and send the signal on to the display (works as a HDMI switch, but splits out the audio part to be handled by the receiver also). As I understand it, the new formats needs to go through at HDMI 1.3.
Questions:
What happens if the HDMI in the display device is NOT HDMI 1.3, is the whole HDMI chain degraded to whatever the display is, or can/will part of the chain be 1.3, while the other part is e.g. 1.1?
That is, will I still be able to send the new formats through HDMI, even if I ultimately decide on a display that does not handle HDMI 1.3, or do I need to rely solely on player decoding?
What happens if the display says it can't handle the audio formats? Will they still be sent to the receiver?
Further - probably unwanted - information:
The following components are being considered at this time:
Source: Probably PS3 (Almost cheapest BluRay player at the moment)
Receiver: Nad T775 (Sound, feature set - or rather lack of)
Display 1: Probably Panasonic TH-42PZ70E (FullHD, nice picture, expected life 10 years)
Display 2: Probably Panasonic PT-AX200 (Cheap, flexible, expected life 2-3 years when FullHD projectors are cheaper)
Some kind of HDMI splitter (only one HDMI output on receiver)
While the above list should preserve 1.3 all the way through for some combinations, I have also considered other displays that does NOT support 1.3, hence the questions. I'm not really sure the PZ70 actually has 1.3, but some threads here suggests that it does, some suggests the opposite.
I know that the receiver is not able to decode the new formats, but NAD has more or less promised to make upgrades available to do this when/if these formats become widespread enough. The question now is just "How widespread is widespread enough?"
Oh... my current system:
DVD: Pioneer DV757Ai
HDR: Sony something or other
Display: Sony Vega 32 Trinitron (now on 4th reset and very dim)
Recevier: Kenwood KRV-777 (needs abou 90 min. warmup before sound)
It really needs to be upgraded/repaired/changed.
Regards
Bjoern