video processor & hdmi


Here's the issue. I'm getting a new pre/pro that is absolutely awesome, but it lacks hdmi inputs (which at this moment doesn't matter much). I was thinking about getting an external video processor and do all the video switching through that. Probably something like a DVDO iScan VP50Pro. Can I take the HDMI input into that processor, output video at 1080i through the component and get the sound output through the digital output? Reading the manual on the DVDO website made me no smarter...
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You should be able to do so.

I am wondering if you can't get a better processor than the awesome one you are thinking of getting which may have some switching in it.

If you are outputting component you would enter the VP 50 with component and then route your digital through the VP 50 or hook it up direct to the processor.

Many video processors also have digital inputs so as not to create a time lag between the audio and video.
Did some more research and found something that said that DVDO has switched off the component output when the input is HDMI HDCP... not good...

Don't think I can get much better sound that the Krell HTS 7.1... this would be a full Krell HT, driving a full set of Magnepan's,,, Audio is by far the most important...
No HDMI only passes HDMI, I had an Iscan so I speake from experience, you can pass Composite and Svideo thru Component cables but not HDMI. For the record I have a non HDMI processor and just run HDMI direct into my Projector and run Component and S-video and Composite into my Processor and out to my Processor, its no big deal to have to push an extra button so save you money.
Yep Chadnliz is right and I agree the manual doesn't explain it very well and I ended up with the VP50 pro before I worked this out. However in saying that its a sensational processor sending out over component so I am happy.