Hi. Don't worry it's not a dumb question at all, actually you can do it either way.
The easier, less costly method would be to hook all your AV cables into the Denon and run only one video cable from your Denon to the TV. If all your components have S-video outs and your Denon video switches internally in S-video than you might not lose any noticeable video quality. You'll save on video cables this way too. My pre/pro will only switch in all RCA or all S-video, but not a mix of them, so everything I own has S-video outs that run into my pre/pro, and I run a single S-video cable to my TV.
However, there are many people that are more disciminating about video quality and will run individual video cables - S-video or component - from their sources directly to the monitor. If you have expensive equipment or can see a difference and have the budget by all means do it. If you only have one video cable on hand, try hooking up a component like your PSX2, DirecTV or DVD directly to the TV, and then through the Denon and see if you discern any difference in quality. Hopefully you won't and will be able to get by with only the one cable.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!. And remember, there are no dumb questions here, only an occasional goofy answer.
The easier, less costly method would be to hook all your AV cables into the Denon and run only one video cable from your Denon to the TV. If all your components have S-video outs and your Denon video switches internally in S-video than you might not lose any noticeable video quality. You'll save on video cables this way too. My pre/pro will only switch in all RCA or all S-video, but not a mix of them, so everything I own has S-video outs that run into my pre/pro, and I run a single S-video cable to my TV.
However, there are many people that are more disciminating about video quality and will run individual video cables - S-video or component - from their sources directly to the monitor. If you have expensive equipment or can see a difference and have the budget by all means do it. If you only have one video cable on hand, try hooking up a component like your PSX2, DirecTV or DVD directly to the TV, and then through the Denon and see if you discern any difference in quality. Hopefully you won't and will be able to get by with only the one cable.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!. And remember, there are no dumb questions here, only an occasional goofy answer.