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I have a brand new LG 50PK950 plasma TV, a six month old Marantz NR1501 receiver, and a couple of computers with HDMI: one desktop with integrated Intel graphics, and a laptop with discrete NVidia.

a really trashy fix to this would be to find a computer with an S-video out, lots of old IBM laptops have this. Then find an s-video enabled VCR and run the Computer to the VCR and the vcr to the coax ...