Mediadog -Not ignoring still looking at things.

and I reposted what I was originally thinking about with the HM-31

This idea on a BR player with an HDMI input would allow a different output. As a possibility.

The receiver option is still open, and being looked into. That is why I haven't got the switch yet or the BR player yet.

There is a slim chance I maybe able to score a CX960 fow the same price I have been picking up the 995's so that may also play a small roll in what I end up with.

I do appreciate the advice.

-Robert

Quoting RobAGD:

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The orginal idea I had floating around in my head was to do the following :

995v1 995v2 995v3
  \        |        /
    \      |        /
    HM-31 Switch
            |
            |
  BluRay Player with HDMI Pass through ( using component out )
            |
            |
          TV

-Robert

Not a chance that this will ever work, as there are no blu-ray players with HDMI pass-through. You really need to take mediadoggs and Battling Butler's advice.

wow, thats a step backwards.

I  saw the 700es listed at Best Buy and I am trying to figure out why on earth its 1900.00 A few extra audio outs and 5 year warranty dont explain that price.

-Robert

Quoting RobAGD:

Quote:
Mediadog -Not ignoring still looking at things.

and I reposted what I was originally thinking about with the HM-31

This idea on a BR player with an HDMI input would allow a different output. As a possibility.

The receiver option is still open, and being looked into. That is why I haven't got the switch yet or the BR player yet.

There is a slim chance I maybe able to score a CX960 fow the same price I have been picking up the 995's so that may also play a small roll in what I end up with.

I do appreciate the advice.

-Robert

Hi Robert,

Good to hear you're still researching this, but I do not believe there is such a thing as a BR player with a HDMI input, at least I've never heard of or seen one. It also seems that you are trying to think of some rather unusual, perhaps even impractical system constructions to accomodate the old rear projection TV. If that set is just going to be a temporary part of your system I think you would be better off just going with direct component connections, and then upgrading to HDMI when you get an HDMI capable TV (and they are now available relatively inexpensively).  Must admit your system proposals are creative, but they really don't make much practical sense in the long run. All of the money you will spend on switching and video conversion hardware could just be spent instead on a modern, HDMI capable TV and your problems will be resolved. 

But hey, if you get your kicks from cobbing together rather bizarre, Rube Goldberg setups for out- moded equipment, have fun and go for it ! 

A major reason I don't typically buy Sony equipment. That and the thing they have with making sure stuff only works with other Sony gear.

And no, No Rube Goldberg fan here. I thought the HDMI In to the BR play then out via componet/svid or what ever was rather elegant with no real extra hardware involved.

There were a few BR players mentioned as having HDMI pass through that I found a few people talking about on the bluray.com ( I think ), but they seem to be out of production.

anywho, a few more weeks to work this out.

Thanks again

-Robert

Quoting Battling Butler:

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Quoting RobAGD:

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wow, thats a step backwards.

I  saw the 700es listed at Best Buy and I am trying to figure out why on earth its 1900.00 A few extra audio outs and 5 year warranty dont explain that price.

-Robert

easy, it's $ONY 

There's no way way you are going to convert an HDMI signal, especially a copy-protected one, to component without pricy equipment that's not good for anything else. You can get a receiver with HDMI in and component out, but it's won't actually convert the signal. By the time you purchase a dedicated processor, you might as well get a TV with HDMI from a pawn shop. If you're going to use that TV, your best option will be to use component out, end of story, unless there are more inputs out of frame in that picture.

No. It will convert s-video and composite to component and s-video, composite and component to HDMI, but not HDMI to component. No regular equipment is going to do this because of copy protection. You need to have a plan than doesn't involve converting HDMI to component. If there is a way to make it work, it will cost more than much than it's worth. If you don't have enough component inputs, just get a component switch or get a receiver with more component inputs. How many do you need?

Your TV seems to have multiple component inputs. If you don't have enough on the receiver, you can always hook some devices' video straight to the TV. It makes switching components a bit of a pain since you need to make sure the TV and receiver are both on the correct channel, but it works and doesn't cost extra.