THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eric P on July 07, 2012, 10:40:33 PM
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Hey, i have 6 devices which do HDMI, more than my TV can support, so I need a way to route them all to my speakers, but haven't bought a receiver since about 2005 which means that it's been a while since I've had to think about this
my apartment really only supports a stereo setup, so I don't need 7.1 or what have you
Any suggestions?
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Video only? Video + audio?
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vid + audio would be the most convenient
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I've been looking at receivers as well, for my game setup... Doing a bit of research, Yamaha seems to make good receivers with a lot of inputs that won't break the bank... there's this Denon receiver with a million inputs but it's like $4000, which is like WHAAA?
You can also just buy a HDMI switchbox, they can be bought at Amazon for like under $20:
http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Switch-Switcher-Remote-Support/dp/B00264NZWS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1341717554&sr=8-4&keywords=hdmi+switch+box (http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Switch-Switcher-Remote-Support/dp/B00264NZWS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1341717554&sr=8-4&keywords=hdmi+switch+box)
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my concern with those is that they may not do the DRM crap properly and thus may not show picture or play audio properly, otherwise i'd be all about those
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I am happy with my Pioneer receivers.
I used to route all my devices via HDMI but now I use two optical cables; one from the tv to the Astro gaming mixamp and the other from said mixamp to the Pioneer reveiver. This way I can use both my receiver for all devices and consoles and also use my Astro gaming headset.
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another vote for pioneer. Been using them for years, no complaints.
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I've got an Onkyo TX-SR609B which is pretty damn awesome. Might be overkill thought if you really only want stereo. I'm sure there are better options for that. But it's fairly inexpensive