Re: Novice question on audio/video cabling

"Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I am about to purchase a new home theater system.  I want to hook my
> audio signal from both my HDTV tuner and DVD player into my receiver
> to get Dolby 5.1 sound.  Do I also need to route my video through the
> receiver, or can I route the video directly to the TV monitor.  Is
> there an advantage to sending the video signal through the receiver,
> or not??
>

You can run the audio and video over different routes. The only thing you
would really gain by running everything through the receiver is the ability
to switch feeds with the receiver remote. If your TV has multiple inputs
that can be easily switched with the TV remote, that may not matter to you.

> Not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this question; if not,
> please advise a better group.
>

Your question is close to on topic for this group, but a better one for this
type of stuff may be alt.video.digital-tv.

> Many thanks.