Alright I know this is a newbie question and I'm sure its probably been asked and answered half a dozen times but after several searches I cannot seem to find the answer I'm looking for, so here goes:
I have just purchased a VPL-HS10 projector and a SONY STR-DA4ES receiver and a Panasonic RP-82 DVD player. The projector will be aprox. 17 feet from the equipment rack, 25 feet with the cabling through the walls.
Now I understand I should be using Component video when possible, so when I search to find a 25 foot component cable I see it will cost me like $220 bucks! Furthermore I see that the Sony STR-DA4ES will not do on screen programming through component video but only through S video, so if I want to do that I need to buy another 25 foot S video ($120!)
That means I'm going to spend roughly $350 on 2 cables ?! (ouch!)
Also am I OK to connect the video on the DVD player to the SONY receiver and then to the projector, or am I better off going straight to the projector and bypassing the receiver for video? (presently the DVD player is my only component connection)
Thanks for the help.
I have just purchased a VPL-HS10 projector and a SONY STR-DA4ES receiver and a Panasonic RP-82 DVD player. The projector will be aprox. 17 feet from the equipment rack, 25 feet with the cabling through the walls.
Now I understand I should be using Component video when possible, so when I search to find a 25 foot component cable I see it will cost me like $220 bucks! Furthermore I see that the Sony STR-DA4ES will not do on screen programming through component video but only through S video, so if I want to do that I need to buy another 25 foot S video ($120!)
That means I'm going to spend roughly $350 on 2 cables ?! (ouch!)
Also am I OK to connect the video on the DVD player to the SONY receiver and then to the projector, or am I better off going straight to the projector and bypassing the receiver for video? (presently the DVD player is my only component connection)
Thanks for the help.