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Sonnie wrote:
 They are producing these for those who will own 1080p displays. Obviously there is no benefit if you don't own a 1080p display.  The receiver doesn't convert the signal... it simply handles the switching... which is needed if you have more than one video source, such as an HD-DVD player and a Blu-Ray player, which one or more might be 1080p. Or you may have one or both of those with satellite or cable receivers that use HDMI. In this case you most likely won't have enough inputs on your display, especially if you have projector. My Z4 only has one HDMI input... if I had more than one source, I would need to use my receiver or pre-pro HDMI switching. |
Thanks, Sonnie (as always) for the links to our articles. Actually the good receivers (including the 5200ES) do convert the signal, both up-convert and down-convert. You would select the HDMI output resolution in the menu and the receiver will both upconvert and downconvert the various video signals to the appropriate resolution.
This would allow you to hook up a game system via composite video, LD player via S-Video, DVD player via component, HD-DVD player via HDMI 1080i (or 1080p with the XA2), and cable box via HDMI 1080i, allow the receiver to do the audio AND video switching and just send the video signal to your display device via a single thin HDMI cable, instead of the "cable wad to choke a horse" that I know *I* currently have. If your current monitor only supports up to a 1080i or 720p input, then set the Sony's HDMI output to that resolution until you upgrade to a 1080p display device.
Regards,
-Chris