Connection Questions ?

[BangThaGong]

Wife is getting on me to finish since stuff laying everywhere since i finished HT room 6 months ago. My question is best way to tie all this together? I put link in to make easier for you guys to see what i have. Basically tv and Sate reciever have HDMI, but nervous about using it because they could upgrade from what i read in here. Im wondering as well if i used HDMI from Sate to TV would it be broadcast in surround if i connected sate to amp with component ? I possibly will upgrade amp in near future.like to spend 300 with HDMI And at least 125 WPC 7.1 if there is such a amp? and possibly upgrade DVD player but not soon. Ok last question From Tv to amp is 12 feet, I have 2 8 foot HDMI cables ill need a coupler , good idea or bad if i use HMDI that is? Thanks for any help THE WIFE AND I greatly appreciate it. Ill check back often ,so i dont get divorced and to answer any questions. Sorry if this is confusing to you but imagine how confued i am being a newbie!!!!! Heres A link to back of my Yamaha rx-v457 http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/EnlargedImage/0,,CNTID=202163,00.html My DVD player is a average sony with component only connections heres a link http://129.33.22.12/release/DVPNS300diagram.pdf Ok and my direct tv reciever h21-200 link to it http://hr20.dbstalk.com/images/h21/large/image_02.jpg and finally my tv pioneer pdp-5071HD wich has evry kind of connections possible.

 

[BangThaGong]

Where to buy cables ,connectors

Ive read blue jeans and what is the other place you guys recommend? Thanks again

 

[Midcow2]

Answers

I think you asked somewhere else but power is logaritmic and you probably don't need 125 RMS. It is only 10% more power than 80 rms.

The key thing you need to look for is an AVR receiver that can take component input and produce HDMI output. A lot of lower level AVRs cannot do this. A good receiver to do this is the Okyo SR606 .

Buy a longer HDMI cable rather than trying to couple two shorter cables together.

Blue Jeans Cables produces very quality cables but they are a little pricey, but not excessively expensive. Monoprice http://www.monoprice.com/produces good quality abeit less expensive cables.

 

[BangThaGong]

Ok post is garbled

any chance someone can call me ? PM and ill give you my number or i can call you . Thanks for any help