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Paul Folbrecht
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Username: Paulfolbrecht

Post Number: 7
Registered: Dec-05
Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:24 am:    Edit Post
1st off, I am an audiophile and video is secondary to me. But I just bought a whole new combined 2ch/home theater system including a Rotel 1068 pre/pro and a Rotel 1040 DVD player.

My issue is I've recently discovered (duh) that HDMI is *the* new and best standard for video, and the 1040 has no HDMI output. It does progressive scan via component out only.

This is a $500 player. I guess they just haven't gotten around to doing HDMI yet! Should I return it and buy the Toshiba or something? I plan on a new TV with HDMI input in the near future...

Thanks!
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Michael Cameron
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Username: Praetorian

Post Number: 34
Registered: Dec-05
Posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 09:33 am:    Edit Post
The difference in video quality between digital video (HDMI or DVI) is quite negligible to component, especially when the signal is from a high quality player. The reason HDMI is the "new" (and therefore "best") is becasue it is an A/V cable all in one. No better in video quality than DVI, and not appreciably better than component.
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