Upgrading system but only one HDMI input on TV

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Hello,

I'm new here and hope somebody could help or at least guide me in the right direction.

My current equipment is: Pioneer Plasma PDP 4270XA, PS3, Sky HD, Kenwood KRF5050D, Mission 702E fronts, Mission 70ds rears & Wharfedale Valdus se centre, Tacima conditioner/block, QED HDMI, optical & Gale speaker leads.

I am about to upgrade my AV receiver and speakers as it is obvious that the vision side of things has moved on somewhat from the sound!

I have narrowed the receiver search to either a Yamaha DSP-AX763, which I find very tempting at £299 (Richer Sounds) or Sony STR-DA2400es (£379) and due to space (and budget!) the speakers will most likely be Jamo A102H5S (found for £183 at Amazon) and add a dedicated Blu-ray player later. Would one or the other receivers be better with these speakers or indeed another receiver?

The only fault I can see with the Yamaha is that it has only 2 HDMI inputs so if I wanted to have 3 HDMI sources then can I use a two way HDMI splitter inbetween the receiver and the TV to input the Sky HD as the Pioneer has only 1 HDMI input? Of course if I chose the Sony this wouldn't be a problem as there are plenty of inputs, however, I want to get the best possible sound on a limited budget.

Also am I correct in thinking that the Sky HD only outputs multichannel sound via the optical rather than the HDMI output?

Thanks in advance

 

[Cliff1]

This might be worth a look if your looking to increase the HDMI sockets on the TV. Found it on Ebuyer.

Belkin PureAV 3-Port HDMI Video Switch - Inc Remote Control

• £47.09ex vat£54.16inc vat

(price includes 2.5% VAT discount


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• manufacturer #: AV24502UK
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Overview
Belkin PureAV 3-Port HDMI Video Switch - Inc Remote Control

Features

• Connects up to 3 high-definition video sources into 1 HDMI port on your HDTV
• Supports 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p resolutions
• Maintains highest HDMI single-link video resolution
• Works with HDCP-compliant devices
• Connects and switches both HDMI and HDMI Interface-to-DVI cables
• Selects inputs from the IR remote control (supplied) or via the front-panel Input Select button
• One 6 inch HDMI Interface cable
• Depth - 7.6 cm
• Height - 2.2 cm
• Width - 18.1 cm
• Belkin Lifetime Warranty

 

[Cliff1]

Don't know where the garbled stuff came from.

 

[digigriffin]

Yes Sky+HD only outputs DD5.1 over optical so you will need to use this for DD sound.

My TV only has one hdmi socket and I connect everthing to my Onkyo 606 (4 hdmi in) and then to my TV with a single hdmi connection.

 

[professorhat]

droy:I have narrowed the receiver search to either a Yamaha DSP-AX763, which I find very tempting at £299 (Richer Sounds) or Sony STR-DA2400es (£379)
From my reading of the last Supertest, the Sony came very close in performance to the Yamaha 863 - the model above the one you're considering and WHF's receiver product of the year, so I don't think you can go far wrong with it!
What's your main priority, movies or music? If it's blockbusting movie sound (at the expense of music performance), the Onkyo 606 might be a better bet.