Yamaha RX-V2700 impact on standard tv

[dblackey]

I am thinking about getting the RX-2600. I have the Panisonic PEU-1000 and am currently using Comcast HD cable. While the HD is spectacular, standard def tv is equaly as horrible and I am sure most of you are aware. How much should I expect the scaler in the 2600 to help this? Also, currently I run the conection through HDMI from the cable box directly to the projector. If I continue using the HDMI with the 2600 I am told the reciver will simply send the signal through the reciver unaltered. How then would I get standard def upconverted? Do I need to use component cables also and switch back and forth depending on what I am watching (HD vs. Standard)?

 

[evilkat]

Are you talking about the 2600 or the 2700 here?

 

[MichaelJHuman]

A scaler is not likely to help SD.

If you have an LCD, DLP or Plasma TV, you have a fixed pixel display and they already have a deinterlacer and scaler.

So the deinterlace/scaler in your receiver would have to be better than your display's solution.

In any case, adding more fabricated pixels to a crappy picture is not going to make it less crappy.

For CRT based TV's, line doublers (which are basically scalers) definitely improved a good signal. They got rid of the obvious gap between scan lines.