Take a look at a Yamaha RX-v2700. It meets about all you state as needs. It will act as a networked player from your computer. It has 3 in 1 out HDMI and video upconvert for every other video signal input into it. Also accepts Ipod interface as well as XM. Very powerful and feature rich.
Amp/Preamp, Dolby, and HDMI Advice
I'm starting from scratch on the audio equipment and have narrowed my choice of front speakers down to Proac Studio 140s. The problem comes at the Amp/PreAmp search. I will be adding rear speakers and possibly a center channel later.
Right now as sources I have:
2 optical dolby inputs, TV, XBox
1 optical/coax dolby input, DVD player.
I plan on building an A/V computer very soon and I was thinking of using an audio card with optical dolby outputs, hence adding a 3rd/4th optical dolby input to the reciever.
For my DVD Player (LG LDA-511) and my future computer, I would think it would be far better to use the optical cables rather than the coax cables, or buying an audio card outputting the channels. The computer will act as a TIVO, hence playing downloaded flicks or what I capture off of an HD capture card, which I believe all use coax inputs these days. What are everyone's opinions here?
Assuming I go with at least one of the above being an optical audio output, that tips the number of optical sources for my Amp/PreAmp to 3-4. That in turn eliminates alot of the integrated Amps, like the NAD T754. I'd prefer to spend up to $2k, possibly a little more on a PreAmp + Amp or Integrated solution. What do people recommend to match the Proac Studio 140s?
Also, my TV has only 1 HDMI input and I have 2 HDMI sources:
DVD player and my Computer. As both my TV and DVD are HDMI only, a DVI switch does me no good. The computer would output DVI, but I do know you can buy a DVI -> HDMI cable. I'd be interested in either a cheap video only Reciever that still looks nice, or hopefully an HDMI switching solution rolled into the PreAmp/Integrated solution.
Any suggestions/advice to any or all of my questions is appreciated.
Right now as sources I have:
2 optical dolby inputs, TV, XBox
1 optical/coax dolby input, DVD player.
I plan on building an A/V computer very soon and I was thinking of using an audio card with optical dolby outputs, hence adding a 3rd/4th optical dolby input to the reciever.
For my DVD Player (LG LDA-511) and my future computer, I would think it would be far better to use the optical cables rather than the coax cables, or buying an audio card outputting the channels. The computer will act as a TIVO, hence playing downloaded flicks or what I capture off of an HD capture card, which I believe all use coax inputs these days. What are everyone's opinions here?
Assuming I go with at least one of the above being an optical audio output, that tips the number of optical sources for my Amp/PreAmp to 3-4. That in turn eliminates alot of the integrated Amps, like the NAD T754. I'd prefer to spend up to $2k, possibly a little more on a PreAmp + Amp or Integrated solution. What do people recommend to match the Proac Studio 140s?
Also, my TV has only 1 HDMI input and I have 2 HDMI sources:
DVD player and my Computer. As both my TV and DVD are HDMI only, a DVI switch does me no good. The computer would output DVI, but I do know you can buy a DVI -> HDMI cable. I'd be interested in either a cheap video only Reciever that still looks nice, or hopefully an HDMI switching solution rolled into the PreAmp/Integrated solution.
Any suggestions/advice to any or all of my questions is appreciated.
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