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I've been trying to do some additional reading to try to understand some of the terminology. I haven't shopped for audio equipment in a long, long time and quite frankly feel a bit overwhelmed. Originally I was basically looking at the most popular recommendations...Onkyo 605, Yamaha 661, Sony DG910, HK 247, etc. However, I want to make sure whatever I buy will really do what I want and also started seeing posts about how you can't turn off the scaling on teh 605 for example or how some AVR's downscale 1080i to 720p, etc.
Now, I am initially going to have 3 non-HD sources connected to my tv (Panasonic 42" 760p plasma - 42PX75U). Those 3 things are: Nintendo Wii, Toshiba DVD player (3 or 4 yrs old), and Series2 non-HD Tivo. Now, since the TV does upscale, why should I care to much if the AVR does? Also, I will probably be replacing the DVD player with an HD/Upscaling model which leaves only the Tivo and Wii as non-HD sources.
If I want to rely just on the TV for scaling, which it does anyone, ie. taking 480 source and displaying it at 768, then what would be a good receiver that only transcodes...ie. takes any input, SVideo or component or whatever and relays it through HDMI. Or, which ones allow you to turn scaling off but will still transcode?
I think I am understanding those terms correctly now...right? Transcode/upconvert takes source from the inputs and codes it to be transferred via HDMI. Scaling changes the resolution. Right? Or am I still confused?
I thought I saw a thread that the Sony DG910 can do this? As well as one or two of the Marantz models?
Now, I am initially going to have 3 non-HD sources connected to my tv (Panasonic 42" 760p plasma - 42PX75U). Those 3 things are: Nintendo Wii, Toshiba DVD player (3 or 4 yrs old), and Series2 non-HD Tivo. Now, since the TV does upscale, why should I care to much if the AVR does? Also, I will probably be replacing the DVD player with an HD/Upscaling model which leaves only the Tivo and Wii as non-HD sources.
If I want to rely just on the TV for scaling, which it does anyone, ie. taking 480 source and displaying it at 768, then what would be a good receiver that only transcodes...ie. takes any input, SVideo or component or whatever and relays it through HDMI. Or, which ones allow you to turn scaling off but will still transcode?
I think I am understanding those terms correctly now...right? Transcode/upconvert takes source from the inputs and codes it to be transferred via HDMI. Scaling changes the resolution. Right? Or am I still confused?
I thought I saw a thread that the Sony DG910 can do this? As well as one or two of the Marantz models?