| http://www.lifehacker.com/soft...-home-theatre-setup-170341.php | Date: 4/28/2006 4:30 PM |
Setting up a home theatre can be pretty daunting. There are professionals out there for this kind of thing. Good thing us DIYers have resources like eCoustics.com. Yesterday they posted a great introductory article on setting up a home theatre.
They cover a wide range of do's and don'ts, including sticky issues like HDMI vs. DVI.
Your new HDTV and DVD player may also have HDMI or DVI connectors, single multi-pin cables that keep the video in its digital form, rather than converting it to analog, which is what Component Video connections carry. You can try the HDMI or DVI connectors but you may or may not see any difference in video quality over the component video connections. Use whichever connection yields the best picture on your TV display. Note, however, that some new receivers that offer HDMI switching may not process the HDMI signal correctly so that it will display on your TV.
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