Hooking up Samsung HLN5065W

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I am new to the HDTV / DLP world and am looking for some guidance.

I just bought the Samsung HLN5065W DLP HDTV and need to know the best
way to hook up my components for the best picture.

Here are my components;

o Yamaha RX-V3000 A/V Reciever
o Panasonic DVD-S31 Progressive Scan DVD player
o Samsung DirecTV DVR SIR S4040R TIVO

I bought a set of component video cables and ran those from the DVD
player directly to the TV.
I have a coax cable going from the DVR to "Antenna" on the TV.
I also have audio cables from the DVD player and DVR going to the
receiver for when I want better audio.

Am I better off running component video cables from the DVD player and
DVR to the receiver and then just running a monitor out to the TV? Or
should I run those component cables directly to the TV and just run
audio through the receiver?

I am still getting used to the look of DLP, DVD's look ok but are
sometimes dark and patchy. TV doesn't look that good at all.
Any help would be much appreciated...
Thanks, Aaron

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aptron@gmail.com wrote:
> I am new to the HDTV / DLP world and am looking for some guidance.
>
> I just bought the Samsung HLN5065W DLP HDTV and need to know the best
> way to hook up my components for the best picture.

That's an older model Samsung at this point - their 2003 model. If you
really "just bought" it, you should have gotten an excellent price.

Samsung's 2004 models have an HLP prefix, and their 2005 models are
"HLR". Some of the new models (which won't be out until June) use a new
higher resolution display - 1080p.

> Here are my components;
>
> o Yamaha RX-V3000 A/V Reciever
> o Panasonic DVD-S31 Progressive Scan DVD player
> o Samsung DirecTV DVR SIR S4040R TIVO
>
> I bought a set of component video cables and ran those from the DVD
> player directly to the TV.
> I have a coax cable going from the DVR to "Antenna" on the TV.
> I also have audio cables from the DVD player and DVR going to the
> receiver for when I want better audio.
>
> Am I better off running component video cables from the DVD player and
> DVR to the receiver and then just running a monitor out to the TV? Or
> should I run those component cables directly to the TV and just run
> audio through the receiver?

If you only have those two sources, I'd definitely go through the
receiver. There's no significant loss, and that way you can let the
receiver switch both audio and video at the same time. It simplifies
your setup.

> I am still getting used to the look of DLP, DVD's look ok but are
> sometimes dark and patchy. TV doesn't look that good at all.
> Any help would be much appreciated...

SD television is pretty disappointing on HDTVs, and black levels can be
troublesome as well. You can buy a "setup" DVD that will help you
adjust your set to get the best performance from it. One that seems to
be often recommended is called "Video Essentials".