Onkyo 605 questions

[mrparrott]

we are in the process of upgrading our home theater system
and I have a few questions

We have an older plasma television (Samsung) that has a DVI input
and is 1080I. we are looking into getting the Onkyo 605 would hooking that up to the tv with a HDMI to DVI cable be possible? would it play at 1080I
or 720P?

I want to upgrade the television but don't have the funds for that right now.

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Ilya]

I don't have Onkyo receiver, but I am pretty sure this will work. As long as your DVI input is HDCP-compliant.

 

[loves2watch]

Yes, yes and yes. All will work for you as intended.

 

[mrparrott]

thanks for the replies we got it hooked up today with the hdmi to dvi cable and all i can say is wow the picture is awesome and so is the sound

 

[griz_fan]

I have this receiver, here's what will happen. First, I'm 99% certain that your plasma is 720p, not 1080i. AFAIK, all plasma, LCD and DLP TV's are progressive scan, not interlaced. 1080p is pretty recent, so that's why I believe you have a 720p plasma. This is important, depending on what source devices you'll be using.

The HDMI to DVI cable should work just fine. Any sources that you plug into the 605 by HDMI will have the video passed to the TV straight through, no alterations made by the Onkyo. For example, If you have a Blu-Ray or HD DVD player connected to the 605 by HDMI, and the player is set to output 1080i, then the 1080i signal will pass through the 605 to your TV, which will scale it to 720p.
Now, if you have something connected by component, then the 605 will intervene and do some video processing before sending to the TV over the HDMI->DVI cable. If you had your Dish box connected to the 605 by component cable, and the output of the dish box set to 1080i, the 605 would convert that signal to 720p before sending it out over the HDMI out port.

So, seeing as you have a 720p TV, either case shouldn't result in any potential signal loss.

Also regarding your TV, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to replace it. Don't get caught up in all the 1080p hype. There are lots of factors that go into making a nice picture, and resolution is probably the 3th most important (after contrast level, color saturation and color accuracy). I'd take a 720p Pioneer Kuro plasma over any 1080p LCD panel available, even though its lower resolution.