Using non-HDMI receiver with HDMI Projector and Blu-Ray

[Mr Peabody]

That's a cool feature for analog DVD. The only bad thing the signal is originally digital, then converted to analog, then back to digital, then back to analog. That's a lot of manipulation. Still probably a better way to go than using the bare bones adjust provided by the BDP.

[amarmistry]

Thanks everyone for responding. I will have to re-read what you all suggested.

At this point of time, I am really on fence as what to do. May be I can leave my existing setup in FR and get the whole new gear for my basement when I have my budget. Now that a lot of manufacturers are coming up with new stuff. Pioneer is going to announce new entry level Elite HDMI 1.4 capable receivers by end of June and higher end model sometimes in mid-July. Panasonic will hopefully have new projectors in September. Not sure if I want to wait that long, and not that Projectors would/could be 3D capable anyway!

P.S. Forego a Pioneer Elite SC25 for $850-all inclusive. It was 'too much' of a receiver for me.

[Tarheel_]

That's a cool feature for analog DVD. The only bad thing the signal is originally digital, then converted to analog, then back to digital, then back to analog. That's a lot of manipulation. Still probably a better way to go than using the bare bones adjust provided by the BDP.

Mr. P...yep, that is a lot of conversions. Never really thought it through...not the best solution, but guess it works in a pinch. Looking at the blu's manual it provides speaker size, but no bass management...so maybe they can work together. Either way it sounds like i need to do some experimenting. Saving money is never easy.

Since i'm sending the newer audio formats from blu-ray to my AVR via analog 7.1 outs..does this mean 1 less conversion? I'm not good at this stuff.

[kevlarus]

Since i'm sending the newer audio formats from blu-ray to my AVR via analog 7.1 outs..does this mean 1 less conversion? I'm not good at this stuff.

Sending analog from the blu player to the receiver, the receiver should not do anything other than volume to the speakers. It's already analog so it shouldn't need to convert it to anything, since that would defeat the purpose of analog in. If you check the receiver manual, it should say that if you use these 7.1 ins, you don't get to apply any "surroung effects" etc. on the signals.

[pixelthis]

Sending analog from the blu player to the receiver, the receiver should not do anything other than volume to the speakers. It's already analog so it shouldn't need to convert it to anything, since that would defeat the purpose of analog in. If you check the receiver manual, it should say that if you use these 7.1 ins, you don't get to apply any "surroung effects" etc. on the signals.

Thats probably so in most cases, although some receivers send everything
through the digital board.
Why? The digital board is the only way to get a signal to the amp, it controls switching,
etc.
But even if thats the case, the effect should be minimal.

[kevlarus]

Thats probably so in most cases, although some receivers send everything
through the digital board.
Why? The digital board is the only way to get a signal to the amp, it controls switching,
etc.
But even if thats the case, the effect should be minimal.

Didn't realize some receivers did that. For mine, I found this tidbit...

multichannel sources that you can set to bypass all digital conversion and processing

I automatically figured the 7.1 MC would bypass any conversion. Apparently not.. or at least, depends on what you're using.