EndersShadow
[H]ard|Gawd
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When Carver made the holographic sound technology, surround sound was not really a mainstream thing even in theaters. I don't think it was really ever made to work with video. The purpose of the holographic sound was to mimic a concert hall environment in your listening room. The rear speaker was only there to give a delayed echo effect on the sound coming out of the front speakers. In this way, the sound helped open up a small room and make it sound like a bigger concert hall.
You are correct, and for my purposes (stereo 2 channels only) it adds some fun to things. My comment about video was more to do with the inputs it had, which for the time were good but now are outdated. It obviously lacks things like HDMI, upscaling, etc.
Does the amp even have HDMI output for video or game consoles? It would be pretty funny to hook up an X Box to something like the Theater Grand since its such an esoteric audio product.
It doesn't have HDMI, however it does have 2 Component, and a bunch of composite and S-video inputs. With that said it doesnt do upscaling so if you send a S-video signal in, you need to connect the S-Video out to your TV, for each type.
I have a laserdisc player (composite), Denon 3910 (component * optical for video, RCA's for SACD/DVD-A) and a TT (using a Harman Kardon Citation 11 as a phono pre) right now.
However I also have in boxes for when I have more room to use them a Xbox, SNES, N64, and a Sega Genesis I will be connecting to the TGP-II. Since most of those consoles were stereo only they will add to the nostalgia of the setup
The SNES though will be tricky as it uses a non standard pixel rate so I dont know how easy it will be to incorporate that.
I plan to purchase a composite/S-Video to VGA converter so I can utilize my computer monitor as the display. That or just get a cheapy 32" TV from somewhere (maybe a pawn shop) that allows me to use all those connections.