Hey,
I am upgrading to a NAD T743 receiver today, and want to make video switching easier on me and the family. Right now I have a 27" Sony flatscreen non HDTV. Picture is quite good for non HD. I have a digital cable box hooked into the TV using S video, and I have a Sony dvd player hooed directly to TV using component cables, and finally a Gamecube hooked into the TV using the comosite hookups.

Here is what I would like to do. Hook up the cable box to the receiver using the s video again (and the RCA cables for audio), get a new cable for the Gamecube that will allow both an S video connection and the RCA cables for audio into the receiver, and use the S video for the DVD player into the receiver (sacrificing the component connection) and use a digital cable for audio, and finally run a S video cable out from the receiver to the TV.

1. Does anyone think I will sacrifice picture quality watching DVDs using s video rather than a component cable using a non HDTV 27" screen?

2. Can I use the digital cable for audio on the dvd player, and yet use RCA cables for the other two sources? Will this be switched automatically, is what I am after.

And finally, and I posted this under one of Hershon's posts regarding a cable box and 5.1 hookups. I use a Time Warner Cable box and have been told that they lack a digital/analog converter, so if you use a digital cable for the audio, but listen to an analog station, you won't get much audio if anything. It will be fine if you are after a 5.1 broadcast, but mostly I won't be. If you use an RCA cable for audio, you will get everything, but will miss out on, obviously, the 5.1 broadcasts. Any comment/solution to this? (Besides switching cables companies, I am not going to). Thanks in advance!