My TV picture looks worse through the receiver

[Dimkaumd]

I bought a 52" Samsung LCD, thats 120hz (the picture is amazing) but when I past it through HDMI to the Onkyo SR606 receiver, the picture looks noticeably worse.

Anyone have any ideas on why that could be or how to fix that?
thanks!

 

[s44]

Did you check what resolution the receiver is outputting?

 

[krotchy]

The 606 should not be changing or scaling anything unless you messed with some internal settings by accident. When you say you pass it through HDMI do you mean you send in HDMI and HDMI out looks worse or are you scaling it to 720p/1080i somehow?

 

[richardycc]

I still don't understand why people like to send the video signal thru the receiver, etc..it just add another processor to the chain, and they are wondering why the image looks worse than having a source plug directly into the TV. unless your receiver is highend, 9.9 out of 10 times, the picture will look worse if you need another unit to the chain. until the day they make all TV will only 1 input, I will continue to plug everything directly to the TV.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: richardycc
I still don't understand why people like to send the video signal thru the receiver, etc..it just add another processor to the chain, and they are wondering why the image looks worse than having a source plug directly into the TV. unless your receiver is highend, 9.9 out of 10 times, the picture will look worse if you need another unit to the chain. until the day they make all TV will only 1 input, I will continue to plug everything directly to the TV.

Because HDMI also carries audio, and for Blu-ray it's the only way to get lossless unless your player also has analog outs.

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: richardycc
I still don't understand why people like to send the video signal thru the receiver, etc..it just add another processor to the chain, and they are wondering why the image looks worse than having a source plug directly into the TV. unless your receiver is highend, 9.9 out of 10 times, the picture will look worse if you need another unit to the chain. until the day they make all TV will only 1 input, I will continue to plug everything directly to the TV.

A lot of receivers can pass the HDMI signal through. As such, there is no processing unless you're letting your receiver do some upconverting. An HDMI signal cant be degraded from going through multiple plugs, cables etc. It either works, or it doesn't. And since it's the only way to carry Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, your going to need to plug that HDMI cable into your receiver anyway if you want to enjoy those Blu-Ray discs to their fullest extent.

Also, I like to be able to switch one component instead of two when I want to change sources.