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I have a Sony STR-DN1050 HDMI receiver with all equipment connected to it via HDMI. I have a Panasonic projector which I have had for many years and is still working. The projector only has a component and S-video input (together with VGA).

Is it possible to leave my blu-ray player connected to the receiver via HDMI AND also run a component cable from the receiver to the projector? If this is possible, would I simply connect the component cable to the Component Video Out (Monitor) section of the receiver? If so, would this in fact feed ALL inputs from the receiver to the projector?

Thanks

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I have just actually tried the above and I am getting nothing on the projector. Any suggestions please?

[Chris Frost]

In order for your projector to work the way you want it to your Sony receiver would have to do two things: (1) Convert protected digital signal (HDMI) in to unprotected analogue signals (Component). (2) Down-convert any HD signals (mostly 1080i and 1080p) to a standard definition format (576i for PAL and 480i for NTSC). But neither of those things are going to happen just from the receiver.

There are external HDCP cheat boxes that will do the first bit i.e. (1), but I haven't seen anything worth buying that does both jobs.

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Originally Posted by Chris Frost

In order for your projector to work the way you want it to your Sony receiver would have to do two things: (1) Convert protected digital signal (HDMI) in to unprotected analogue signals (Component). (2) Down-convert any HD signals (mostly 1080i and 1080p) to a standard definition format (576i for PAL and 480i for NTSC). But neither of those things are going to happen just from the receiver.

There are external HDCP cheat boxes that will do the first bit i.e. (1), but I haven't seen anything worth buying that does both jobs.

Thanks - so what's the point of having a component out option on the receiver?

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Maybe it is time for me to get an HDMI projector!

[Tassium]

Only the digital to analogue conversion is necessary, projectors handle HD over component very well even if they aren't HD. Although upto 1080i probably

Look on Amazon for HDMI to component converters. Note that they are not a mere cable but a box of electronics.

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Historically some Blu-Ray players had component out and also had HD over component, I have a Samsung BluRay player that will do this.

[Tassium]

There are some boxes that will do it for £20. Probably poor quality though.

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Originally Posted by Tassium

Only the digital to analogue conversion is necessary, projectors handle HD over component very well even if they aren't HD. Although upto 1080i probably

Historically some Blu-Ray players had component out and also had HD over component, I have a Samsung BluRay player that will do this.


Look on Amazon for HDMI to component converters. Note that they are not a mere cable but a box of electronics.

I have hooked up my Sony blu-Ray directly and when I selected video output as component, I thought it would turn the HDMI signal off but both are working which I guess is what you mean?

HDMI projector would be good though so I could have everything running through. To confirm, if I did buy an HDMI projector, I could have 2 HDMI cables running from the receiver at the same time couldn't I? The receiver has 2 HDMI outputs.

[Tassium]

I'm sorry I don't know much about HDMI receivers, just a little bit about projectors.

[Chris Frost]

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Originally Posted by rewind

Thanks - so what's the point of having a component out option on the receiver?

Not everyone uses only HDMI. The receivers also have to accommodate older technology such as DVD players with Component output.

There are people such as me who have a Blu-ray player with HDMI but also have a very high-end DVD/SACD player (in my case it was £600 new) that is superb for music and still represents "best in class" performance for DVD playback. A new BD player might do a decent job with DVD playback, but I'd have to spend £800-£1000 on an Oppo, Arcam or similar if I wanted audio playback as good from a new Blu-ray player. So in my situation my amp accepts Component from the DVD player and converts it to HDMI for connection to the TV and the projector.