Hi Ben ... I followed most everything you've said but I still have one semi-related question. I am an ISF Certified video calibrator and I have been instructing customers to NOT run their HDMI thru their receivers. 99% of the time video sources will have very different video settings on the TV. Running HDMI thru the receiver results in a single, shared input on the TV, thus making it hard to get the best picture from each source.
SO ... In this brave new world of HD audio over HDMI ... How can one get BOTH the best audio AND the best calibrated picture???
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Hi Ben ... I followed most everything you've said but I still have one semi-related question. I am an ISF Certified video calibrator and I have been instructing customers to NOT run their HDMI thru their receivers. 99% of the time video sources will have very different video settings on the TV. Running HDMI thru the receiver results in a single, shared input on the TV, thus making it hard to get the best picture from each source.
SO ... In this brave new world of HD audio over HDMI ... How can one get BOTH the best audio AND the best calibrated picture???
Yikes Jim, that's a good point.
Hmm, how about running only the Blu-ray/HD DVD player through the AVR? Then you can calibrate just the one input.
Either that or you can use the discrete analog outputs on some of the players.
BTW, how do you calibrate for a Blu-ray player? Do you have a Blu-ray disc with patterns?
www.hqv.com
and
http://www.videoessentials.com/DVE_HDBasics.php
those are a couple options for calibrating and benchmarking HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players