Hey everybodylong time reader first time poster. I'm hoping some of you can give me your input/advise on my situation.
The Situation:
I'm currently building a house and I'm looking to locate all my equipment in the basement. To start, this will be powering my greatroom and the master bedroom. Two other bedrooms could possibly follow down the road along with a theatre in the basement. I was going to do multiple CAT6 runs behind each tv for balun runs for Component/HDMI/IR and any other future expansion.
The majority of my content will be served via HD Bell ExpressVu (HDMI or Component), DVD Player (Component) and HD rips off my HTPC (DVI->HDMI). I will also have an Xbox 360 and a Wii in the mix (both Component). I'm looking to possibly add an upscaling DVD Player (HDMI only) and a PS3 (HDMI for 1080p BluRay). And this is where I kind of second guess myself. I have a good portion of devices that are Component nowbut my HTPC and 2 other future purchases will be HDMI and I will be ideally sharing these between all the different rooms so I'll be looking at putting a Matrix in.
Currently I'm torn between distributing over Component or HDMI. I have read so many posts from people having issues with HDMI, but my TV's do not accept 1080p over componentso what should I do? My two TV's that will be displaying all this are the Panasonic TH-50PZ850U and the TH-46PZ80U, so throwing something like the hdfury into the mix wouldn't really work for me.
If I invest the money into BluRay I would prefer to watch it at 1080p, which means I have to use HDMI. Anything I watch off my HTPC I would prefer 1080p so I would have to keep that as DVI->HDMI as well.
How are people currently distributing HDMI for centrally located devices? I know there are HDMi Matrix Switches out therebut how many people are actually using these easily? How many issues are you having per say with your PS3 playing BluRay? Am I better off going with my gut on this one and sticking to Component for distribution and live with 1080i?
If you were doing a new install what would you doComponent or HDMI or both?
The Situation:
I'm currently building a house and I'm looking to locate all my equipment in the basement. To start, this will be powering my greatroom and the master bedroom. Two other bedrooms could possibly follow down the road along with a theatre in the basement. I was going to do multiple CAT6 runs behind each tv for balun runs for Component/HDMI/IR and any other future expansion.
The majority of my content will be served via HD Bell ExpressVu (HDMI or Component), DVD Player (Component) and HD rips off my HTPC (DVI->HDMI). I will also have an Xbox 360 and a Wii in the mix (both Component). I'm looking to possibly add an upscaling DVD Player (HDMI only) and a PS3 (HDMI for 1080p BluRay). And this is where I kind of second guess myself. I have a good portion of devices that are Component nowbut my HTPC and 2 other future purchases will be HDMI and I will be ideally sharing these between all the different rooms so I'll be looking at putting a Matrix in.
Currently I'm torn between distributing over Component or HDMI. I have read so many posts from people having issues with HDMI, but my TV's do not accept 1080p over componentso what should I do? My two TV's that will be displaying all this are the Panasonic TH-50PZ850U and the TH-46PZ80U, so throwing something like the hdfury into the mix wouldn't really work for me.
If I invest the money into BluRay I would prefer to watch it at 1080p, which means I have to use HDMI. Anything I watch off my HTPC I would prefer 1080p so I would have to keep that as DVI->HDMI as well.
How are people currently distributing HDMI for centrally located devices? I know there are HDMi Matrix Switches out therebut how many people are actually using these easily? How many issues are you having per say with your PS3 playing BluRay? Am I better off going with my gut on this one and sticking to Component for distribution and live with 1080i?
If you were doing a new install what would you doComponent or HDMI or both?
