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Originally posted by martin davies
so my question is , when looking for a dvd player , with the intention of buying an av/amp later on , is there anything i should be bearing in mind, ie :are connections on dvds pretty much standard connections on av/amps , and what are the best connections to go for ???? |
Since you're buying the DVD player first, without knowing which AV receiver/amp you're ultimately going to match it up with, you need to make sure that the DVD player has maximum connection flexibility. Therefore, go for one which has both optical and coaxial digital audio out connections. Might also want to consider how many scart connections you need. If your TV only has one RGB enabled scart socket, then if you want to have both the DVD and a STB connected via RGB then two scarts on the DVD can be very useful. The second scart on the DVD player can be used to pass-through the signal from the STB to the TV.
These are probably the most important concerns for you for the time being. RGB scart is the standard connection for hooking a DVD to a TV. Other connection types, such as component, become more relevant when you start thinking about moving on to plasmas and projectors.
Only exception would be if you currently have a Toshiba TV. The most modern models are often fitted with component connections, for matching up with a suitably equipped DVD (which of course includes Toshiba players). Whether component connection in this situation gives better results than RGB via scart is something for the experts on the forum to debate. If you're not a Tosh TV person, then don't worry about.
HTH
E. & O.E.
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