If your receiver has component video inputs then your video set top box (satellite or cable) will still have component video outputs that can be routed through your receiver, even if the industry succeeds in their proposals to implement copy protection with the DVI/HDCP scheme. The only problem will be that certain HD programming will be encrypted (that's the difference between DVI and DVI/HDCP). Encrypted signals will be downrezzed before being sent to the component video output of your STB so your receiver would only get a 480 line signal to switch, but it will look as good as present day DVD's which are also 480 lines.
I wouldn't buy a HD compatible TV right now since it will only be a few more months before the 2002-03 models come out with the DVI/HDCP input. It might be another year or two before receiver manufacturers start to include them though so I probably wouldn't wait for that since you always have the option of routing the video signal directly to the TV which will have multiple inputs and the ability to switch between them just like your receiver. Lots of people don't run the video through the AV receiver because they feel it just adds another set of connectors in the signal path.
Last edited by Harvey_S; 05/15/02 03:33 AM.
