Oops, I was looking at specs for the 6 analog OUTputs for decoded DD/DTS.. My bad... Johnnyb53 summed things up nicely. -jz
how should i move forward...blu-ray etc...?
my gear is pretty old school but looks and sounds stellar...theta casanova, lexicon rt-10, kell fpb600c, krell kav 3250, wilson wp7's and watch center/surrounds assorted great cables mostly mit, and screen is runco pl50-hdx with vivix proc...so it seems the new technology has plateaued and it may be time to test the bluray waters...
i am reluctant to get away from my 5.1 standard dolby dig/dts world but i am very curious about the new hd formats. what are some cheap (ha ha) ways to test the waters with the stuff i have?
first post here but have been lurking and really respect some of the minds that type here...
i am reluctant to get away from my 5.1 standard dolby dig/dts world but i am very curious about the new hd formats. what are some cheap (ha ha) ways to test the waters with the stuff i have?
first post here but have been lurking and really respect some of the minds that type here...
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02-09-09: Richard_stacyOh, I just remembered: Even if you send the audio from a Blu-ray player to your Casablanca over a coax or Toslink digital cable, in many cases is WILL sound better than the digital feed coming off a garden variety DVD. Why? Because the Blu-ray player downconverts the uncompressed multichannel signal to send over the digital link, and this bitstream comes at two to four times the transfer rate that comes off a regular DVD. In many cases it downconverts to DTS, which is less lossy than Dolby Digital. So even though it won't be lossless, it *will* be an improvement. This is how I run mine. I use a PS3 for Blu-ray. It has Toslink, HDMI, and analog stereo outputs, but no multichannel ananlog outs. So I use the Toslink into my Boston AVP7 and it sounds really good--incrementally better than most of the DVDs I've watched. |
02-10-09: Richard_stacyWhat physical format is the pass-through--component or DVI? I couldn't find any pics of the back panels of the two units. Without more info, I'm assuming the VIVX only outputs composite, S-video, and component video, right? But the Runco display itself accepts DVI as well. If that's the case, directly connect the Blu-ray player to the PL 50-HDX. Use an HDMI-to-DVI cable such as this or this, bypassing the VIVX altogether. |
johhny not sure what the format of the pass through is, they call it hdx looks like rs-232, may be proprietary. the only output on the vivix is component. inputs are composite, component, svideo and an rs232 for controllers. there is a dvi input on the panel which they describe as...use to connect a computer. does not support the display of copyguard-protected video signals. |
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