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« on: January 07, 2007, 04:55:31 PM »
A pre/pro is basically an A/V receiver without the amp part. A pre/pro processes video and sends it to your tv/monitor as well as processes audio data and sends the analog signals to your amp. When companies make A/V receivers they usually make them for the mass market so they don't always use the best processors to save money, where as pre/pros are made for the mid to high end user and usually are better at processing. Example: I bought a Yamaha RX-V2600 A/V receiver last year. It is supposed to up-convert 480i/p signal from a DVD player, SD satellite receiver, VCR, etc. to 1080i and send it out HDMI to a compattable TV. But it has difficulties turning analog signals into digital signals and therefor my screen goes blank for a few seconds at random intervals. If it had a better video processor it this wouldn't happen.
So I was thinking, I spent all this money on a fast computer why can't it process video signals. The only problem i can see is how to deal with all the inputs. So, i was wondering if anyone on this forum had any ideas.