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Educate me on an older 60" Sony Grand WEGA...

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seepy83

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I got this TV off of a friend for $500 last year, and it's been in storage since then. When I was told $500 for a 60" HDTV, I jumped on it without doing much research or knowing much about A/V in general. I just bought a house (moving out of my parent's) and now I actually have somewhere to use this.

I've got AT&T U-Verse scheduled for install next week, and I expect to have HD content, but now that I look at this TV, it only has a DVI interface for HD. Without knowing much about what I bought and not seeing it for the past 1+ years, I expected to find HDMI on it. Is the DVI Input compatible with today's standards?

Additionally, I have an Onkyo TX-SR606 receiver and Klipsch Quintet SL surround system. Since I thought my TV would have HDMI, I bought this receiver thinking it would be a good fit.

Am I screwed? Is this as simple as getting cables to convert HDMI to DVI?
 
As far as video goes, you could probably just to an HDMI to DVI cable. However, that won't output sound, so you'd have to find another way to do that. Generally devices have other ways to output audio (standard stereo, coaxial, optical, etc), so the TV could take care of HD video via HDMI>DVI, and the receiver takes care of the sound that the TV wouldn't be receiving.
 
Thanks for the replies. After reading your posts and exploring a little more, I think I understand better.

The U-Verse Receiver can output HD Content with either HDMI or Component (PrPbY) with RCA L&R Audio (or Optical, it looks like based on the diagrams Here. In either case, the receiver can/will send the audio to my 5.1 speakers.

My TV can accept HD Content in either Component or DVI.

My amateur understanding is telling me that my best option is to use Component/Optical from the UVerse Receiver to my Receiver (Onkyo), and then Component again to my TV.

Does that make sense?
 
Use DVI>HDMI for video and optical for audio

If the DVI>HDMI doesn't work for some reason, you can use PrPbY up to 720p resolutions only (IIRC) and optical out for audio.
 
AACS limit is 1080i over component, I think. The set is LCD based, and 1366x768 so it'll scale everything 1080 down. An adapter or cable from DVI to HDMI should work fine, and the set is HDCP compliant.

OP, I read your set really benefits from some calibrating, so it would be a good idea to find the AVS forums tweak guide for it *archived I am guessing*. The biggest complaint was black levels were pretty bad, but there is nothing that can be done about that.

 
Originally posted by: seepy83
I got this TV off of a friend for $500 last year, and it's been in storage since then. When I was told $500 for a 60" HDTV, I jumped on it without doing much research or knowing much about A/V in general. I just bought a house (moving out of my parent's) and now I actually have somewhere to use this.

I've got AT&T U-Verse scheduled for install next week, and I expect to have HD content, but now that I look at this TV, it only has a DVI interface for HD. Without knowing much about what I bought and not seeing it for the past 1+ years, I expected to find HDMI on it. Is the DVI Input compatible with today's standards?

Additionally, I have an Onkyo TX-SR606 receiver and Klipsch Quintet SL surround system. Since I thought my TV would have HDMI, I bought this receiver thinking it would be a good fit.

Am I screwed? Is this as simple as getting cables to convert HDMI to DVI?
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Run a HDMI cable from the cable box to a HDMI input on the receiver. Run a HDMI to DVI cable (the one in nismotigerwvu's post will work just fine) from the receiver HDMI output to the DVI input on the TV. There is no reason for using any optical or component outputs on the cable box.
 
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