Do I Have This All Set Up Right: Panasonic '10A to Onkyo '605...?

[ClinicaTerra LTD]

Originally Posted by HiDef-Crazy

Correct it passes the 1080p signal straight through and the monitor yes is telling the receiver to send the video over HDMI to your display. You are not loosing any resolution what so ever. You should be set.

Okay; thank you for your reassurance -- the only reason why I ask is because I recently read an article in Home Theater Magazine which compared different higher end models of receivers from Denon, Onkyo, Yamaha and Sony, and the editors came to the conclusion that not all HDMI repeater chipsets are created equal -- some of them don't actually pass video unmolested over the HDMI interface and there is some "clipping" done that wouldn't necessarily happen if you connected a player direct to a display...follow?

Essentially, is it "okay" to send video through a receiver -- especially through one at the 605's price point? I have heard this receiver is awful when it comes to "transcoding" resolutions over HDMI -- like component video up to HDMI and that it actually DOWNCONVERTS resolutions to a maximum of 720p when doing it this way...is this actually true, and what about this "hidden, secret menu" I keep hearing about on these receivers -- would these affect HDMI to HDMI output on the 605?