Hi, was wondering if someone could help me out here:

Setup:

Denon 3808ci
Xbox 360
PS3
HD-A35
Comcast Box

I cannot get the Denon 3808 to pass Dolby Digital 5.1 for my Xbox 360 HDMI premium system. I tried messing around with the menus in the Denon and realized under "surround modes", i am not able to select "standard". "Standard" meaning that the Denon would output whatever the Xbox is trying to output(Halo 3-Dolby Digital 5.1). All the Denon does is output 2 channel sound.

I tried my PS3, HD-A35 and cable box and all of them output 5.1 just fine. Under "surround modes", "standard" is one of the options, unlike the Xbox 360.

The thing is, the Xbox 360 was working just Fine until i updated the firmware last night. What the hell? Firmware is supposed to get rid of all the bugs, not create new ones. Please someone help. I do not want to pass audio through optical or digital coax. HDMI is supposed to do both! ARGGGH!!!

Man, i've been trying for over an hour, and finally i tried one last thing.

Tried switching out the HDMI cable. Basically switched the hdmi cable i am using for my PS3 with the one i'm using for the Xbox.

Guess what? Problem solved. Now my Xbox will output Dolby Digital, but my PS3 won't output anything other than 2 channel sound?

Can someone explain this to me? I'm going to get a new HDMI cable from monoprice(it was the cable that worked).

Just a bad cable, it happens. I seem to hear about more bad HDMI cables that non-HDMI cables though. Just stick with good quality cables, such as monoprice, and it should be OK.

I've got the Xbox 360 Premium system that has an HDMI output. I have a monoprice HDMI Cable that I'm using with my DirecTV HD DVR, but when I tried to use it for the 360, I couldn't get video or sound. Any idea why the cable would work for the DVR and not the 360? Do I need to get the official Xbox 360 hdmi cable? It seems pretty spendy.

Thanks

Jeff

Do I need to get the official Xbox 360 hdmi cable?

Thanks

Jeff

no.

I have a PS3 and a Phillips 42PF9631D. Should I get a HDMI 1.3 certified cable or will the regular HDMI cable work ok? Was looking at monoprice and also found RiteAV.com. RiteAV does not have the 1.3 cables that monoprice does, but are a little cheaper. RiteAV is a good site to check for cables for price comparison and availabilty if monoprice is OOS.

Pretty much all HDMI cables are the same, they can carry 1.3 spec data just fine.

So then the ones on monoprice that are " HDMI 1.3a Category 2 Certified CL2 Rated" are just a marketing ploy!!!

If they charge a premium like Monster Cables do then yes! (but since they are on monoprice the premium should not be to bad)

If they charge a premium like Monster Cables do then yes! (but since they are on monoprice the premium should not be to bad)

Less than a dollar difference. Just wondering if its basically the same cable or if it was different somehow to be certified for 1.3. I bought them yesterday so we will see how they are when I get them in a few days. May go and buy some Monster cables to compare them against then return the Monster cables.

P.S. just looked over on monoprice and most all of their HDMI cables are 1.3 now. Except the longer legthes, which are just labeled as HDMI.

Less than a dollar difference. Just wondering if its basically the same cable or if it was different somehow to be certified for 1.3. I bought them yesterday so we will see how they are when I get them in a few days. May go and buy some Monster cables to compare them against then return the Monster cables.

Maybe the price difference is to pay for some sort of certification fee?

maybe they're "nitrogen infused"


lmao.