Video schmidio

[jayhawk069]

I'm thinking of joining the less-is-more fan club. Does anybody make 5.1 or 7.1 amps that DON'T do video?

 

[JerryLove]

I assume you mean "receivers".

External processors would, but then you won't have a source switch. I can't think of any.

 

[jayhawk069]

I think "amp" is the right word. Thanks for the reply.

 

[zhimbo]

I think "amp" is the right word. Thanks for the reply.

Well, in that case, all amps don't do video.

 

[j_garcia]

That's right. An amplifier has no processing of any kind and are intended for audio only (in this context). A receiver does have processing, and that would be one of the primary differentiations. There is no such thing as a "5.1 amp"; an amp simply has a number of channels.

 

[dkane360]

Check out emotiva if you need amps

http://emotiva.com/upa5.shtm
http://emotiva.com/upa7.shtm
http://emotiva.com/xpa5.shtm

 

[markw]

Actually, no amps do video.

Now, aren't you glad you came back with a snippy answer when someone nicely tried to correct you?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_receiver#Usage