gonk is right. before my 950 i had a 'home-built' cure for switching and it was still cumbersome. now when i hit 'tv', the tv turns on. push 'sat' and a/v goes there and i change sat box with the 950 remote. same for dvd and s-vhs and turntable and cassette. using 12 foot 's' to 950. output to monitor is a 4 foot, i think. is another 12 foot back to vcr and i have recorded one s-vhs tape from sat...degradation is minimal. soon i hope to switch to component but am in no hurry now.

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t higg