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Too much processing?

I’m about to ask a video question here and it should be known I’m more of an “audio” guy, so here it goes. I just bought a new Sony Bravia TV (x93L) which says it’s capable of “up converting” (my words) a 1080p signal to something “better” for 4K. I will say the BluRay discs I’ve tried - about 2 now - look real good. I have an old (2014) OPPO BP 103 that I have always used for BluRays. It apparently has some video processor built in. Last year I bought a Marantz AV7706. It too has some sort of video processor built it. Now I have this Sony TV and its processor. For simplicity I have all the HDMI’s going to the Marantz where I control the sources and one HDMI to the TV. My question is, is it “bad” to have the video signal essentially processed 3 times (OPPO, Marantz, then TV)? I could try going directly from video source to TV but would now be fumbling with 2 remotes and then the audio going through another layer back to the Marantz from TV. I guess I’m curious if there are issues/concerns with a video signal effectively going through 3 different components’ video processors - if that’s truly what’s happening.

whiterockman
whiterockman OP
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I guess I could just try the HDMI direct to TV to see if there’s even a difference. The issue then is the audio portion - like if I listen to music from the OPPO - has to go to the TV first, then the preamp.

soix
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Why?  Can’t you just run another digital out or analog out from the Oppo direct into the Marantz for audio?

whiterockman OP
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So the OPPO has two HDMI outputs. It’s a little weird but only one HDMI output passes a DSD signal. I guess I could run two HDMI cables, one to the Marantz for “music” and the other to the TV for “video” (I know both will pass A and V). I guess my original question was just more about whether it’s good (or bad) to have the video signal “processed” 3x vs 2x…

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dbphd
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HDMI Main goes to your video, HDMI audio to your Marantz.  IIRC, the Oppo remote will control both.

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audioman58
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Sony has a nice $499 Blu-ray player , most modern players come with upscaling 

if you have the Latest OLED that is the best picture and technologies 

LG, and Sony Bravia best OLED 📺 pictures and also have a direct hdmi out from player to tv , hdmi should ge from player , you want new ,ups calling technologies much better ,the $499 Sony is a great buy  and use a high quality hdmi cable 

I started cheap and currently $200 for audio and picture hdmi cables Wireworld I am using , but AQ is also good sharper images ,better color saturation .

if you truly want the best picture I had my tv calibrated since my TV is a very good OLED well worth it . A good tv calibration cost around $3-400 takes over 4 hours and makes a solid improvement in picture quality.

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