I thought it best to put this question in this section as alot of you audio guys know ya stuff.

I dont have any trouble setting up home audio, just a little understanding on the digital tech stuff. I have bought a pioneer digital amp (HDMI,DVI, optical ins/outs)and panasonic HDD recorder and still have the PAL T/V with component input(no HDMI,optical,svideo). Everything goes thru the receiver. My HDD player will upscale to 1080 with a HDMI cable which can be connected from HDD to Receiver. Will i notice a differance on the T.V if i get this cable?

What's your TV is the first question and the answer will depend on the res of your TV.

If your TV displays 1920 x 1080 thenI would probably get the Cable.
However despite HDMI being touted as the ducks nuts, most professionals use component cables due to the colour warmth provided by them.

I thought it best to put this question in this section as alot of you audio guys know ya stuff.

I dont have any trouble setting up home audio, just a little understanding on the digital tech stuff. I have bought a pioneer digital amp (HDMI,DVI, optical ins/outs)and panasonic HDD recorder and still have the PAL T/V with component input(no HDMI,optical,svideo). Everything goes thru the receiver. My HDD player will upscale to 1080 with a HDMI cable which can be connected from HDD to Receiver. Will i notice a differance on the T.V if i get this cable?

You're prob gonna find it'll bottleneck on the TV. If the TV is incapable of reproducing full 1080HD, you will prob not notice the difference.

However, it is worth getting all the good cabling now, so if u ever upgrade ur TV, the cables are there ready to go.

Also keep in mind, a lot of HDD recorders and Blu-ray DVD players have an 'automatic' quality reduction if you do not use HDMI cables. Basically what this means, is if the HDD recorder or blu-ray player detects that you have not connected it to your amp/tv via HDMI, it will reduce the quality of its output by default.

So even if you upgraded your TV to something that handled 1080HD, if you are using standard composite cables, you still may not be enjoying full 1080HD quality.

So in answer to your question - You may not notice a difference, but worth getting anyways!

I'm assuming the TV is a CRT?

In which case the weak link is still the TV as display device, and the link from your Receiver to the TV which has to be component?

PAL standard is limited to X number of vertical lines (help me out folks. is it 576 lines?) so that is all your TV will display regardless of the signal source. For now, HDMI cable won;t be necessary, or helpful.

Also, I think the Syd Morning Herald Tech section had an article a few month back about the complete rip-off being perpetrated by retailers of HDMI cables..... any "normal" quality HDMI cable will give just as good results, despite retailers trying to offer cables at up to 10 times the cost. Only the absolutely cheapest poor quality would degrade signal noticeably.

I think I got a HDMI cable off E-bay for $8- or so, it seems fine.... I was suggested to me that a $50- and a $98- HDMI cable was what I needed (think that was either Hardly Normal's, or else Bad Guys).

might wanna check if the AMP will output a HDMI signal through the Component video cables.

i have a Yamaha RX-V663 (middle range amp) which will allow all the inputs to be converted to HDMI out, BUT HDMI inputs will not be converted to component out

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