Happy Holidays all! I am in the market for a blue ray player and TV. Don't know yet what I will get.

Concerning Video connection. Gonk said:
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Nope - there's no way for it to know or care that there's a DVI connector anywhere in the signal path, because it's nothing more than a pair of adapters that match up the different pin configurations. Seriously - going from HDMI to DVI for video is a passive and transparent process. The only thing that happens inside a DVI-to-HDMI adapter or cable is that the wires go to different shaped plugs. The same number of video wires pass through as would exist with DVI-to-DVI (single link) or HDMI-to-HDMI"

My question regarding DVI is this; can the 990 handle 1080p input from the blue ray (hdmi from blue ray to dvi at 990 end), and out through second dvi connection from 990 to TV, without loss of content? Mr. Lee Baily suggested it is better to connect player to TV directly, but I was hoping to route all through 990 for ease of control, and to avoid any lag between audio and video outputs. Also, I was told by a salesman that component video converts signal from 1080P down to 720P. Is this true of the 990?

Also, do I need another connection between TV and 990 in order to see the onscreen display?

Conerning audio, Mr. Baily said:

"As far as the audio, your best connection would be to use the 7.1 analogs between your player and the 990. Using the digital optical/coaxial connections for audio, you will get normal DTS and DD fine, though any of the higher resolution audio formats will have to be in PCM."

I don't know what PCM is. Will this be an issue with blue ray movies? if it is, I would need to make sure my blue ray has analog outputs. one player I was considering has 5.1 outputs only. I always thought that an optical connection was best for transmition of signal.