StreetDragster
Established Member
Hi All,
I wonder whether you can help me, a friend has asked my assistance with choosing him a receiver for his home cinema setup with a few requirements, and Ive been out the loop with technology for a couple of years since i bought mine. Please bear with me, i expect you get this question alot.
1) His budget is roughly £350 tops
2) He only needs outputs for a 5.1 setup, although the option of a 6.1 or higher would be nice
3) If possible for his budget, he would like a receiver compatible with this new 'HD audio', although i must admit i have never heard of this before.
4) His TV is being used as a display panel only, so i think he needs a 'receiver' rather than an 'amplifier'?
He connects the following equipment to his setup-
Xbox 360, via component and optical TOSLINK
PS3, via HDMI
Sky HD, via HDMI
Wii, via HDMI
Occasionally, a camcorder via composite
What he's looking for, is basically, a single HDMI cable from the receiver to the TV, and then the receiver 'converts' any video from the various sources to supply the TV. He would like this so the TV is always set to one input, and the input selection is easily made on the receiver by pressing just one button (Input). Therefore his family, who are not very AV literate, can use the system easily. (As in, Xbox on, press the 'Xbox' button on the receiver, TV on, job done)
Is this even possible/available at the moment? And if so, what would you suggest? My only experience is with a Cambridge Audio 540R V2, and i don't think it (or any of the range?) do the conversion part he would like.
The TV is a 50" Pioneer Kuro
Thanks in advance for all help
Matt
I wonder whether you can help me, a friend has asked my assistance with choosing him a receiver for his home cinema setup with a few requirements, and Ive been out the loop with technology for a couple of years since i bought mine. Please bear with me, i expect you get this question alot.
1) His budget is roughly £350 tops
2) He only needs outputs for a 5.1 setup, although the option of a 6.1 or higher would be nice
3) If possible for his budget, he would like a receiver compatible with this new 'HD audio', although i must admit i have never heard of this before.
4) His TV is being used as a display panel only, so i think he needs a 'receiver' rather than an 'amplifier'?
He connects the following equipment to his setup-
Xbox 360, via component and optical TOSLINK
PS3, via HDMI
Sky HD, via HDMI
Wii, via HDMI
Occasionally, a camcorder via composite
What he's looking for, is basically, a single HDMI cable from the receiver to the TV, and then the receiver 'converts' any video from the various sources to supply the TV. He would like this so the TV is always set to one input, and the input selection is easily made on the receiver by pressing just one button (Input). Therefore his family, who are not very AV literate, can use the system easily. (As in, Xbox on, press the 'Xbox' button on the receiver, TV on, job done)
Is this even possible/available at the moment? And if so, what would you suggest? My only experience is with a Cambridge Audio 540R V2, and i don't think it (or any of the range?) do the conversion part he would like.
The TV is a 50" Pioneer Kuro
Thanks in advance for all help
Matt