DVD Audio Outputs SPDIF Optical Theater Help Surround 5.1
April 2, 2010 by hometheaterplus
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@colinstu Lol, yea …
@colinstu Lol, yea sounds like the type.
If I Have My 360 …
If I Have My 360 And Blu Ray Player Hooked Up To My HDTV Via HDMI, And I Have My TV Outputting Audio Via Red And White Cables To My 5.1 Surround Sound, Am I Getting Real 5.1, Or Just 2.1 With 5 Speakers?
Not so fast beardy, …
Not so fast beardy, most players downsample the digital signal before outputting to hdmi, so the only good way is still via firewire or analog rca.
HDMI can’t do 9.1
HDMI can’t do 9.1
“want to smoke a …
“want to smoke a bowl too?” jesus christ, this guy seems like a stoner.
woah mannnn… liight pipeee.
light pipe…? lol
light pipe…? lol
he never implied …
he never implied that. he just thought it was amazing how sound could travel as a light signal
Yeah, definitely a …
Yeah, definitely a little frustrating. He also sort of implied that Toslink (or fiber optic) was better than the coaxial digital connections. In practice they both sound identical.
WhatI am trying to …
WhatI am trying to do is hook up spdif from my nvidia 275 card to my sound card but no stupid sales man in maryland sells just the spdif wire which is just worth $2….. JERKS! and no I do not want to try ebay.,
No they are sent on …
No they are sent on same cable and you need electronic to split it.
he did not explain …
he did not explain SPDIF at all.
Is there a way to …
Is there a way to split hdmi into a seperate video and audio output
yeah lol.
“Does …
yeah lol.
“Does this blow your mind or what?!”
…*Errr, well not really because ive seen these connections like a million times before*
This is aimed at …
This is aimed at morons. Sigh.
Best Buy…
Best Buy…
Where can i get the …
Where can i get the orange COAXIAL cable?
i mean where to buy it???
Why would that be? …
Why would that be? HDMI is capable of carrying up to 7.1 channels of audio. Just plug the HDMI into the receiver and then the receiver to the display.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not much bro! if u …
Not much bro! if u have a PS3 and u want 5.1ch U’ll need to use Optical to over the receiver!
God bless the HDMI.
God bless the HDMI.
Now Optical is the …
Now Optical is the best audio output you can get….but if you use too old dvd-players or other older things with optical audio…the sound might get quiker to the speakers than the image will get on the screen.
my home theatre …
my home theatre system is quite olde, it has a phono jack, is there any way i can get a converter/adapter that will allow optical to phono?
I have a question …
I have a question my reciver has coaxle 5.1 channel inputs can you tell me what those are for?
Yep…either …
Yep…either Optical or Coaxial.
besides HDMI, …
besides HDMI, optical audio is the best audio cable??