About to purchase new HD TV and new Receiver - how many HDMI inputs, ideally, does one need?

Question

About to purchase new HD TV and new Receiver - how many HDMI inputs, ideally, does one need?

Answer 1

2 in and 1 out is a minimum for a cable box/movie player. If you are gaming you could need more.

Answer 2

I like several on the receiver and only one on the TV. I use the receiver as the central switch.

1 - HDCable or HDSatellite

2 - Bluray

3 - Game machine

4 - Media Center PC

Four inputs on the receiver is a minimum requirement in my opinion.

I'm using a Yamaha RX-V3800 which I'm extremely happy with. Pioneer Elite is good too and so is Marantz. You could even get away with Marantz's lower end, Denon.

If I was purchasing a new HDTV today, I'd have a good hard look at the new D64 Sharps. They come out of the newly opened Kamayama 2 factory and they are reasonably priced, have great black levels and the fastest processing available!

Answer 3

I generally like to count out how many I need.

one for Blu-Ray

One for Gaming System

One for Cable box or Sattelite

One for computer

One for futureproofing

So probably a minimum of one to two