How to connect Sony NSZ-GT1 dvd player (HDMI) to Toshiba65HDX82 TV (DVI) without losing sound

First, there is nothing that prevents a DVI-adapted HDMI signal from including audio. However, your older TV has no smarts to decode the audio signal with the DVI port. It probably had some type of analog jack that is connected to the DVI port for audio.

So, what you would have to do is to get an adapter that would output analog audio and HDMI/DVI. Those are made. However, many of them are going to cost nearly as much as you paid (~$300) for the Blu-Ray player. However, this is one of the cheaper ones:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?seq=1&format=2&p_id=7112&CAWELAID=1329454345&cagpspn=pla&gclid=COyn3t6-1LECFSVvTAod1GYAqw

It's a switch but will also do what you want.

Depending upon your TV, you might need an dual RCA mono to 1/8" stereo plug adapter. Look at the back of your TV (or check the manual) to figure out where the analog audio comes in for DVI.

You got it.

You also could have used the component video inputs along with the analog audio inputs but you're right, the converter would need to be an HDCP compliant converter box which is prohibited under the HDMI adopter's agreements, although you will see some around (I forget if the one you looked at is or is not).

PMFJI, was cruising by looking for something else, and note that that sony player has optical/toslink out. It seems like Monoprice also has an optical to analog stero convertor for $23, but then you still have the problem of needing an optical cable to run from the sony to the convertor, and then figure out how to input stereo into your TV. But you would only need the single HDMI-DVI cable for the video. (I use one of these on my setup, but some people have problems).

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You may also have a video to audio sync problem depending upon the latency differences of the audio versus video conversions. May still happen anyway but I thought the HDMI converter would have less chance of a sync issue.

I thought about this some more and yes, that would be a cheaper method. Going through the not-so-helpful Sony manuals, it looks like an Fn keyboard combo is needed to activate the optical port. That shouldn't be a problem.

However, I can find nowhere in the manual that explains how to change the optical output so it only sends stereo PCM output rather than Dolby Digital / DTS. Most of these optical to analog adapters (until you get in the $60 - $80 range) only can accept PCM. Once you get a bit more expensive they can accept Dolby Digital. Then for even more money they'll decode DTS. The worst ones have a switch that you have to throw to select PCM or Dolby Digital.

The best method is usually to tell the Blu-Ray player to only output stereo and then the cheap decoders will work (and you don't worry about a switch). Maybe someone can find where that is in the setup guide, but I didn't see it for this unit.

Yes. First, this isn't anything that your HDMI signal is causing. It is probably a setting on your TV. Look for something like "Dot by Dot" or "Full Screen" mode. You may also want to make sure you don't have zoom enabled on your DVD player. What you are trying to do is to tell you TV to display the full-screen of picture it is receiving. Almost all TVs have modes that allow the user to select how much of the picture is cropped on the sides (and top/bottom). Also, given your TV is a flat-panel, it only has a set number of pixels. So, when trying to expand a 720p picture to go to 1080 vertical pixels, the image may be slightly off due to the math (720 doesn't go into 1080 evenly).

The type of cropping on your TV is dependent upon the format resolution (720p, 1080i, 1080p) and the input device (DVI), which is why you are seeing differences when you switch resolutions.

If that doesn't fix the problem, your best bet is to look for the 65hdx82 "owners" forum in the TV section of the AVSForum. They will know much more about your particular TV controls than we will.