Need Audio/Video Inputs and Remote Volume ONLY

Aroc

thank you so much --

3 component inputs would be very nice, yes.

I am just cobbling this system together, so

I have an old Sony 9000 ES with the thin tray and the blue light DVD player....the X-Box console supposedly projects some games in HD and therefore has some 3 plug componenet adapter kit....and the cable box is probably the most legitimate source for HD on a few channels....

And the projector is new and definitely HD capable.

But open to suggestions.

On reflection, I suppose I am trying to take a 5.1 or 7.1 world and make it 2 channel in the true spirit of Audiogon. I really don't want 5 or 7 cheesey cheapo amps, subwoofer or even surround sound processing.

It would just be nice to switch video sources and control volume.

Any specific suggestions for old school pre/video switchers would also be great.

Sounds like you will need a pre/pro at least. You might luck out if both your DVD player and HD CB have DVI, you could use an extron, of more likely a Gefen DVI switcher for the video... you could hopefully use the TV and a decent universal remote to switch video into the TV (X Box doesn't have DVI yet, likely never will).

The audio is tougher, you could do something like I said, and deal with the video that way, then just get a remote control 2 channel pre amp and use it to switch the audio, again this setup will require a decent universal remote... not anything extreme, but say a harmon at least...

Also, do you need to be able to switch hi-definition sources? I see you cited at least one HDTVsource. IS your projector 720p or higher? Hi-definition will limit your choices somewhat.

Do you need component video switching for all of your sources? Can't say that I've seen many AVRs or Pre/pro that are inexpensive and have three component (or DVI or HDMI) inputs. If you just need something for composite or s-video, there are numerous used ProLogic pre/pros from the early 90s that will work and be very inexpensive.