Method for simplifying home entertainment system configuration that employs bidirectional digital audio/video interconnections

A display device, comprising:

• a memory device resident in the display device;
• and
• a processor disposed in communication with the memory device, the processor configured to:
• select a profile for a user of a home entertainment network that includes the display device connected to at least one audio/video source device, wherein the connection to each audio/video source device is a bidirectional audio/video connection, and wherein the display device comprises a preferences manager;
• determine audio/video preferences for the user of the home entertainment network, wherein the audio/video preferences are based on a user-selected configuration of the preferences manager;
• and
• send the audio/video preferences to one of the audio/video source devices for configuring the one of the audio/video source devices based on the audio/video preferences for the user of the home entertainment network.

An audio/video source device, comprising:

• a bidirectional audio/video interface for connecting the audio/video source device to a display device, wherein a home entertainment network comprises the display device and the audio/video source device, and wherein the display device comprises a preferences manager;
• a memory device resident in the audio/video source device;
• a processor disposed in communication with the memory device, the processor configured to:
• receive audio/video preferences for a user of the home entertainment network, wherein the audio/video preferences are based on a user-selected configuration of the preferences manager;
• and
• configure the audio/video source device based on the audio/video preferences for the user of the home entertainment network.