Another Faroudja NRS power supply failure has finally convinced me to begin a chain of upgrades to my dual display HT setup. I run the XG at night and use the plasma during the day. I decided to upgrade to the Moome XG-HD 1.3 HDMI input card on the projector to eliminate the current NEC ISS switcher (with Moome card) and make the HT easier to use for the rest of my family. Here is my planned setup:
AV sources include legacy analog such as LD and Hi-8 plus HDMI/DVI sources such as HD cable, BDP, and PC
All AV sources to feed into a Krell S-1200 AV preamp with a single HDMI output
All HDMI sources are passed thru the Krell and all analog sources are transcoded to HDMI by the Krell (but not scaled)
Will need a 50-60 ft HDMI cable to reach projector and Moome input card (recommendations welcome)
Guess I will be abandoning my high quality 50 ft RGB cable (anybody need one?)
So I need some recommendations on a new processor. With my proposed setup I really only need one input into the processor, which would receive 480i, 1080i, 720p, 1080p (60hz and 24hz) and possibly a PC rate. I need dual outputs that would optimize all settings for the active display and for the current source resolution. I want the switching between displays to be as seamless as possible to make this very easy to use, preferrably the processor would just "see" which display was turned on (they are never on at the same time) and switch to that output and its setup automatically. I want the SD processing to be a least as good as what my NRS was providing, which I thought was plenty good.
I know the purists might see running the video sources through the Krell as a compromise, but the alternative of video into the processor and audio into the preamp would be much more difficult for my family to use. Using the processor to switch both audio and video could likewise compromise the audio path. The Krell is high end, and supposedly the transcoding and video switching are very good.
I don't have any total system controller and really don't want to get into all that, as you can see by my planned setup. The proposed layout is based on getting great AV performance, but perhaps not the ultimate, because I want the system to be easy to use for others. I hope that you could just turn on the display you want to view and all swithing for audio and video happens with the Krell remote. If the processor output then follows the active display automatically, it would be perfect.
XG has low hours and I love the PQ, so hope it can last another 5 years. All input would be highly appreciated.
Dan in Oklahoma
AV sources include legacy analog such as LD and Hi-8 plus HDMI/DVI sources such as HD cable, BDP, and PC
All AV sources to feed into a Krell S-1200 AV preamp with a single HDMI output
All HDMI sources are passed thru the Krell and all analog sources are transcoded to HDMI by the Krell (but not scaled)
Will need a 50-60 ft HDMI cable to reach projector and Moome input card (recommendations welcome)
Guess I will be abandoning my high quality 50 ft RGB cable (anybody need one?)
So I need some recommendations on a new processor. With my proposed setup I really only need one input into the processor, which would receive 480i, 1080i, 720p, 1080p (60hz and 24hz) and possibly a PC rate. I need dual outputs that would optimize all settings for the active display and for the current source resolution. I want the switching between displays to be as seamless as possible to make this very easy to use, preferrably the processor would just "see" which display was turned on (they are never on at the same time) and switch to that output and its setup automatically. I want the SD processing to be a least as good as what my NRS was providing, which I thought was plenty good.
I know the purists might see running the video sources through the Krell as a compromise, but the alternative of video into the processor and audio into the preamp would be much more difficult for my family to use. Using the processor to switch both audio and video could likewise compromise the audio path. The Krell is high end, and supposedly the transcoding and video switching are very good.
I don't have any total system controller and really don't want to get into all that, as you can see by my planned setup. The proposed layout is based on getting great AV performance, but perhaps not the ultimate, because I want the system to be easy to use for others. I hope that you could just turn on the display you want to view and all swithing for audio and video happens with the Krell remote. If the processor output then follows the active display automatically, it would be perfect.
XG has low hours and I love the PQ, so hope it can last another 5 years. All input would be highly appreciated.
Dan in Oklahoma
