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smokeman
Audiophyte
this is an honest question. i'm looking at building a home theater, but there's one thing i just can't seem to understand - why do i need to plug the video output of my sources into an a/v receiver? it seems to me i can just plug the satellite directly into the tv (using hdmi), as well as plugging a new blu-ray player directly into the tv (again, i'll use hdmi). i'm not a gamer. so if i can do that, do i even need the video part of the receiver? if not, i'll just get a pre-amp instead of a receiver, since i have active speakers. thanks