DVD Player with RX-V2500 Receiver + Questions

[jbruno]

I need help......

I am getting a RX-V2500 and a 50" HD Plasma. I want to get a DVD to compliment this system. Questions/Preferences:

1. I would like a changer since this is going to do double-duty as a CD/SACD player. I was looking at the Yahmaha DVD-C940.

2. Is it best to run the DVD player into the receiver via component video then the receiver to the TV? Also, I am going to have HDTV through my cable company. Should this signal also be routed to the receiver and then to the TV?

3. The receiver has component video up conversion. Does this mean I do not need an expensive DVD player?

4. Price range is anywhere up to about 700. However, if I can find something great for $300 that would be nice.

5. Any other thoughts?

 

[Takeereasy]

1. Have you looked at this player: Yamaha DVD-C750? It is $329 MSRP so you can do better retail and you can find a review of it on this site in the pro review section.

2. I would suggest that you do indeed run the component video from the DVD player to the Receiver first then the TV, but with a caveat. If your new TV has DVI or HDMI inputs then you may want to get a DVD player that can utilize this. In that case you would have to bypass your receiver and go directly from DVD to TV because the 2500 does not have those inputs. The same is doubly true of your HDTV cable box. If it has HDMI or DVI outputs then run those directly to your TV for the best possible picture.

3. No, what this means is that the receiver is capable of taking whatever inputs you are using and sending them out via one set of component cables. What that means is if you were running a VCR with composite cables, an X-box with s-video, a playstation with composites, and a game cube with again lets say composite then what you would do is hook them all up to the receiver using whatever cable they needed, be it composite or s-video, and then run one set of component cables to your TV. The receiver will send the picture via those cables. You will still notice an improvement in picture/sound quality if you move up in DVD players. The Yamaha I suggested seems like a steal at the price, but look around for yourself.

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[Mega2000]

you probably cant go wrong with the yami s1500 or the denon 2910. I was looking heavily at the yami c750 because it is a 5 disk changes and it is a universal, it just doesn't have a DVI or HDMI connection. It has very good reviews on this site and Home Theater mag with regards to audio and video, it just has slow load times.

is the Yami s2500 out yet? that is supposed to be comparable to the denon 2910.

if I was to get any of the ones I have mentioned I would get the denon and then maybe the yami c750.

I have a Yami rx-v2500 and right now I have an old JVC player running through the receiver and it looks awesome on my 57" rear projection CRT.

i have a Yami rx-v2500 and ringht now I have an old JVC player running through the reciever and it looks awesome on my 57" rear projection CRT.



about the cable, I think it is best to run the cable straight to the TV. that way you don't have to run your reciever just to watch regular TV. I run a DVI cable from my HD box to my TV with regular sterio analog audio. Then I also run a digital coax cable from the cable box to my receiver for the times i want to watch TV with sound going through my surround speakers.

 

[Leprkon]

3. No, what this means is that the receiver is capable of taking whatever inputs you are using and sending them out via one set of component cables.

to expand just a little on this one point (the rest pretty much cover it), upconverting is nothing more than switching. You bring in a signal on one set of wires and you send it out on another. There is no actual signal processing that makes it any better quality than when it came in.

you do get some convenience in just using one remote to change both audio and video input, but you don't get a better picture. As TE's states, you would need a better DVD player to get a better signal.