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Re: Receiver and VP150 or Soundbar
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nick, are you still trying to stay in the low couple hundred $$ range?
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Re: Receiver and VP150 or Soundbar
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Thanks brwsaw, but no. (LOL) I have the VP150 just sitting there, the VP180 is in the theater room next door.
Tom, I wonder about that switch. Since the inputs are: HDMI - Dish Network HDMI - XBox 360 HDMI - Blu-Ray Player
I could use that to switch between the XBox and Blu-Ray Player since only one of those would ever be on at any given moment, and then have the Dish Network connection go right to the TV since that receiver can be on/off at any given moment depending on what other TV is accessing it.
Maybe that is the best bet for now. Spend $20 or less (have to cover shipping) and have a working solution for the HDMI part, and then, once we start using the room more, re-evaluate our financial situation and see what makes more sense.
I still think that some day I will have a better use for my VP150 than the often suggested flower pot. LOL
Farewell - June 4, 2020
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Re: Receiver and VP150 or Soundbar
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Well, you could get a 3-way switch, I'm sure. That might be "better"; I was just spitballing on a cheap solution. In my secondary systems, I'm doing the switching in the TV instead of the receiver, and I kind of like that. It seems to simplify the overall UI. I'm not hung up on that particular switch as much as I am suggesting to solve your HDMI input shortage and do the switching in the TV instead of doing the switching in a receiver or soundbar.
Once you've done that, you could take the single audio output (either digital or analog) from the TV and still do whatever you want with it - like add powered stereo speakers or power your VP150 with a t-amp or something. I suppose it would depend if your TV volume control "works" on its analog and/or digital outputs.
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