Looking into geting a plazma soon and upgrading my 5.1 sony cinema amp for a hdmi amp .Does anyone recomend a good one and how many hdmi connections do i need and what does hdmi upscaling mean i notice some upscaling and some dont .And how much im i looking at paying for one .thanks taff.

Hi bud.

Unfortunately I know nothing about HDMI amps, in fact I didn't even know you could get them :D (but I do now as I've just done a quick bit of research)

 

I'd recommend staying with Sony if you've been happy in the past with you current one (I've also got a Sony one :D ) Price wise, probably in the £300 mark.

 

As for Upscaling, it's when a video image is not already in the HDMI size/format, so the equipment upscales it to the correct definition (ie 675 to 1080 etc) A normal DVD player is designed for the standard 675 lines on a TV screen, and the HDMI is 1080, so it makes it look right. Of course it's not real Hi-Def, but it's as close as you'll come without upgrading your DVD player as well.

 

HTH, and sorry for the non-technical jargon ;)

 

Dave

Thanks mate for the info do you think i can upscale sky without a high deff skybox.

I found it hard to class these home cinema products as an amp

I have just got one of these and I am pleased enough with it

 

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/details/index~modelcode~PAN-SCHT855.htm

 

This one has a optical fiber in and also 2 phono in

 

The other ones I looked at didnt seem to want anything to be plugged into them!

I listened to a lower spec one than this also made by pioneer and had the same speaker setup and wattage and I was impressed so I bought the model that you could plug stuff into.

I didnt really want tall boy speakers at the rear and also the price was a bonus as well.

Cheers mate not what i really wanted i got my own seprate surround speakers, and i dont think that surround package will upscale hdmi.

Looking into geting a plazma soon and upgrading my 5.1 sony cinema amp for a hdmi amp .Does anyone recomend a good one and how many hdmi connections do i need and what does hdmi upscaling mean i notice some upscaling and some dont .And how much im i looking at paying for one .thanks taff.

 

looking at the exact thing at the moment bud

 

i will either be going for the yamaha 2700, denon 3806 or possible the pioneer ax4 or similar which all upscale to 1080 lines and have decoders for hd so you can have loads of inputs and 1 output to the tv ie a hdmi cable

 

half of me thinks its not worth the hastle as i need to change my TV, my amp and get the sky hd box so all in all about £3k worth of equipment changes and will be lucky yo get £1k back selling my old stuff :(

 

but hey what the hell LOL

Cheers mate not what i really wanted i got my own seprate surround speakers, and i dont think that surround package will upscale hdmi.

 

It does upscale HDMI to 1080i.

The problem I had is I wanted to change my 36" CRT Telly which had DTS and Doldy Digital Built in, to a LCD which was nicam stereo, lol. I had to get a home cinema system so I opted for that one

just looking myself

 

this one looks about as cheap as your gonna get a realy good quality amp that does hdmi :)

 

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/2979

 

Mike

FLIPPIN ECK

 

i had no idead you could have hdmi amps :confused:

 

but what i always do is buy the latest what hifi or cinema magazine to see whats hot :bow:

 

this has always helped me to find the amp i liked most,

 

i currently have a 7.1 pioneer reciever that is thx approved its an awsome amp :bow:

 

would love to hear one of these hdmi amps :D