add hdmi inputs

[RBCC]

Can I add hdmi in/outputs to a receiver that doesn't have them? If so how? John

[jman98]

I don't know why this is "Off topic" because it seems to me to be a normal enough question. But the answer is "no". You can buy converting boxes that can convert HDMI to separate video and audio outputs (such may be illegal in the USA so it may be difficult to find them) and feed that into your receiver, but that's probably not what you meant by the question.

I sympathize with the question. Some years ago I bought a Pioneer receiver and at the time I looked everywhere online for a receiver that had HDMI inputs and I couldn't find one at any price. Not even the rich boy play thing type receivers had HDMI inputs. Then less than a year after I bought the Pioneer, which was a good quality receiver, EVERYBODY started putting HDMI inputs on their receivers. I was so pissed off! After a few years I bought a Denon receiver through http://www.woot.com. If you want to sign up for their daily email specials, maybe 2 or 3 times a year they will put a receiver on sale that has HDMI inputs. The sale prices can be very good - I think I paid about $150 for my Denon and it's worth a lot more than that. But you have to act quickly on Woot offers - they expire after 24 hours and quantities are so limited that some items may sell out within 6 to 8 hours of the offer being made. I ended up giving away my old Pioneer receiver for free to a friend who said he could use it.

[JimmyJoeBob]

Google has always worked for me:

http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002

[stiltman]

Plenty of devices can convert HDMI to Composite or Component and the other way around

I like AJA myself

[johns0]

Better yet,just buy a receiver with hdmi inputs and output,you can get them for $150 on sale anywhere they sell electronics.