Hi all! This is my first post!!
I have an ageing Sony MHC-GN77D that I intend to replace with a denon 1909 or 1509. The primary use is watching HD movies played on a dell laptop with hdmi on a Sony LCD TV. Currently I connect the laptop direct to the TV with hdmi cable. The TV is not up to handling the 5.1 audio through hdmi. I have to use pathetic 3mm stereo cables to the sony audio system for sound (stereo only :-( ).
I intend to connect the laptop's hdmi to the AVR instead, which should be able to use the sound through hdmi. The video can go through to the tv through another hdmi cable. I dont need any upscaling.
I also have a phillips 5965 dvd player that I use for sd divx material. It has component/hdmi video outputs and coax audio outs. It can feed the AVR using component/hdmi. Again, the TV's scaling is good enough for me. But I would like upconversion to hdmi so that there is a single (hdmi) connection from avr to tv.
I intend to use the existing 8-ohm sony speakers to start with, upgrading when I can.
So my questions:
1. Will 1509 be able to accept sound through hdmi, but pass through the video to the tv? (I suppose 1909 can do this fine).
2. Will the 1509 carry video (component from phillips, hdmi from laptop) to the tv through the single hdmi cable?
3. I am not too inclined towards Onkyo (though it is supposed to be a little better for movies) because of reports of over-heating. Do you guys (Onkyo owners and Denon owners) have any opinions/suggestions about this? Do Denons really run cool as reported?
If the 1509 can do #1 and #2 (or even just the #1), I dont want to spend the extra cash on 1909. Dont really want the newer audio formats that the 1909 supports, and dont need the 7 channels either..
Have a nice one!
Udaji
I have an ageing Sony MHC-GN77D that I intend to replace with a denon 1909 or 1509. The primary use is watching HD movies played on a dell laptop with hdmi on a Sony LCD TV. Currently I connect the laptop direct to the TV with hdmi cable. The TV is not up to handling the 5.1 audio through hdmi. I have to use pathetic 3mm stereo cables to the sony audio system for sound (stereo only :-( ).
I intend to connect the laptop's hdmi to the AVR instead, which should be able to use the sound through hdmi. The video can go through to the tv through another hdmi cable. I dont need any upscaling.
I also have a phillips 5965 dvd player that I use for sd divx material. It has component/hdmi video outputs and coax audio outs. It can feed the AVR using component/hdmi. Again, the TV's scaling is good enough for me. But I would like upconversion to hdmi so that there is a single (hdmi) connection from avr to tv.
I intend to use the existing 8-ohm sony speakers to start with, upgrading when I can.
So my questions:
1. Will 1509 be able to accept sound through hdmi, but pass through the video to the tv? (I suppose 1909 can do this fine).
2. Will the 1509 carry video (component from phillips, hdmi from laptop) to the tv through the single hdmi cable?
3. I am not too inclined towards Onkyo (though it is supposed to be a little better for movies) because of reports of over-heating. Do you guys (Onkyo owners and Denon owners) have any opinions/suggestions about this? Do Denons really run cool as reported?
If the 1509 can do #1 and #2 (or even just the #1), I dont want to spend the extra cash on 1909. Dont really want the newer audio formats that the 1909 supports, and dont need the 7 channels either..
Have a nice one!
Udaji