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I am finishing up a basement theater in our new house and have some what will no doubt sound like stupid questions. My front projector is a BenQ PE8720 and my screen is a Stewart firehawk 110". 5.1 Audio is B&K with Martin Logan front/center speakers, Velodyne sub and Speakcraft Aim7 rears. I plan to buy a blu ray player eventually (that's one question: which player right now is best bang for the buck?) but will start off with my old Sony 720p. The projector has only one HDMI input. I plan to use the component video output from the Dish/Direct TV tuner. I figure with a 720p projector using the comp. video from the satellite tuner should be ok. Of course with the new blu ray player I would utilize the one HDMI input I have on the front proj. Would it be smart to buy a HDMI switcher so I could utilize the HDMI output from the satellite tuner?? Sorry for the rambling. Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
es347
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The Blu-Ray spec itself is still evolving to accomodate fancier picture-in-picture, networking and interactive features. Blu-Ray players introduced after Oct or Nov of this year should all be up to the new v1.1 spec, and v2.0 is on the horizon.
My understanding is that Sony's Playstation 3 is far and away the biggest-selling Blu-Ray player around, and regardless of whether many PS/3 owners actually use it to watch videos, you can bet movie studios will ensure future B-D movies are going to play on it, so in this sense, I think it's as safe a buy as you are going to get. It already has the storage and networking called for in the v1.1 and 2.0 specs, and my hunch is that it will need only a firmware update to be fully compliant. Anyhow, I felt confident enough that I laid down my $500 for one.
Thanks for a well written and understandable reply. I have been considering the ps3 and posted earlier about that so thanks for the confirmation. So when you talk about a firmware upgrade, is that something that current ps3 owners can do sometime down the road? Are they upgradeable in that sense? Going back to my initial post, what are your thoughts regarding utilization of HDMI connectivity for satellite tv? Is it a noticeable upgrade from using component video cables?
thx.
es347
Yes, firmware upgrades for the PS/3 are readily available and are considered do-it-yourself material.
You might want to inquire about your specific HDMI-equipped satellite receiver, because I gather that some simply don't do HDMI very well. But for connecting my PS/3 and Toshiba HD DVD player to my late-model LCD TV, it's great: Minimal cable clutter and the signal remains digital throughout.
HDMI is a whole story in itself: I think it was probably brought to market prematurely, and you hear stories about devices not communicating at all, losing connection, or audio and video losing synch. But my gear is all new, probably using HDMI v1.3 throughout, and maybe that's why I've had no problems.
The Wikipedia entry for HDMI (below) gives you a rundown on what HDMI v1.0, 1.2, 1.3/a/b mean to you. (but basically, you probably want 1.3)
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