I bought a new A\V Receiver yesterday in preparation for my Voom install today. The salesman said that there will be some signal loss if I route the component video cables through the receiver. I find that rather difficult to believe. Does anyone know if it is true or not? If it matters, the receiver is a Pioneer VSX-811S and I don't have a DVI input on my TV.
Thanks.

This is definitely true. Feeding video directly to the tv is always the best option to avoid any sort of signal loss. You can however, use a power isolator with your system. It will eliminate most, if not all interference issues. I recommend buying a Monster power center. You can get a very nice one for $400 that would do the trick.

Seth

While I agree that going "straight in" is best, if you use quality cables, and have a quality rcvr, you won't "see" any loss at all...with or without a $400 powercenter.

I've run both ways on my setup, and can't see a difference...and neither has anyone else that's looked at it.

Lob

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There should be some specs on the bandwidth capabilities for your recievers component switching. I would hope most modern ones can handle it without/little loss of signal quality.

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You bought a very good receiver and should have no problem with signal loss. Based on this receiver, you should not see a difference between direct input and routing through your receiver (because of the quality of the receiver). I run my system through a Component Switcher (I need four component inputs), and then into the A/V Receiver, and even with this extra step, there is no noticable signal loss. I think you'll really enjoy your new receiver with Voom!

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DaLite 9 foot screen (not inches)
Denon AVR-5805 Receiver
Adelphia Cable Motorola HD DVR & Receiver
Zektor Component Switcher
B&W Nautilus 800 speakers (2 Front)
B&W Nautilus HTM1 speaker (Center)
B&W Nautilus SCM1 speakers (2 Rear & 2 Middle)
B&W Nautilus ASW 850 Subwoofer
7.1 surround sound
Samsung HD-931 DVD player
Philips ProntoNG TSU 7000 remote

I agree with keno as long as the receiver has component inputs with HD PASS
(80 MHz) you will be able to pass the hd siginal with no signal loss.so enjoy VOOM and all it has to offer!!!!!!

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My Meridian 861 handles 3 component inputs and it does so with out signal loss as they are designed for broadcast quality

therefore if your receiver has component switching chances are it was designed without signal loss.

Bill

Hey gang,

What is the advantage of running your component vide thru the receiver?

Cheers,

James

As opposed to direct input? Switching from Dish to Voom to DVD to PlayStation to Laser Disc. Four component in (Voom, Dish, DVD, PlayStation) and one component out to projector. Also, on my A/V receiver, any S-Video-In will be upscaled to Component Out. I have a Laser Disc Player that uses S-Video.

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Sanyo HD PLV-70 Projector
DaLite 9 foot screen (not inches)
Denon AVR-5805 Receiver
Adelphia Cable Motorola HD DVR & Receiver
Zektor Component Switcher
B&W Nautilus 800 speakers (2 Front)
B&W Nautilus HTM1 speaker (Center)
B&W Nautilus SCM1 speakers (2 Rear & 2 Middle)
B&W Nautilus ASW 850 Subwoofer
7.1 surround sound
Samsung HD-931 DVD player
Philips ProntoNG TSU 7000 remote

The advantage for me is since I have 4 devices that require component input. TV's have only 1 or 2 inputs. So if you have a receiver that can handle the component switching then 1. you only have one set of component connections to your TV 2. You can use 1 remote to control which component source is being viewed, otherwise you have to use your tv remote to switch between componet 1 and component 2.


Bill