Originally Posted by
blindcat7
I am using the Panasonic SA-XR57. The sound is amazing so far, unfortunately I have yet to get video, and am pretty sure the main problem is with the Panasonic or the combination of the Panny and my HDCP DVI TV. So, basically I really like the Panny for the audio with the Ascends, but until I figure out what is up with the video, I have to qualify my positive review of this reciever. But the sound has been so good that I had to speak up. It is good enough that I am looking at using component video for both my DVD player and the PS3 and HDMI for audio just to keepit.
are you using hdmi to go from the receiver to the tv? a lot of receivers will upconvert signals to whatever the best output is, but will not down-convert. i don't know if the xr-57 supports down-converting, but if it doesn't and you were using hdmi from the ps3 to receiver and then going with a different connection from the receiver to the tv, this would cause you to not get any video. that's the only thing i can think of...
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