I'm no hdmi expert but i would think you would want the cleanest run possible for video without plugging it into 3 other things first then the TV, so that would mean running the hdmi from the xbox directly to the TV. But then i don;t know how you would get the sound from the TV to the receiver without optical out, unless the Tv has HDMI out ? I'm going to be getting a HDMI set top box and i plan on just using the HDMI for the video, but will plug in my optical cable and go right to the receiver.
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I do not have any of these items except a pro 360 mind you guys. just looking for some info for how to set this all up when i start building my house(about 8 months from now) Going to buy an elite before the move. Also was looking at the Panasonic 50" Plasma HDTV (TH-50PZ700U) . I was wondering about the audio situation. If i have a receiver with hdmi ports do i run the hdmi from my xbox to the reciever then the receiver to the tv? The reason i ask is that i woukld like to avoid the optical cable issue. If i run hdmi from the xbox to an hdmi reciever then back to the tv will that take care of my video and audio situatuion?? Iwant to use the hdmi for both of those situations at the same time avoiding the optical for the audio? If so, is it better to run hdmi to the tv from the reciver instead of component cables. Would that connection screw up anything or would i lose a better signal using component instead of hdmi (the hdmi going from reciver to the tv that is) Do i need a 1 , 2 ,3 port receiver for that ? If i do need a 1, 2, or 3 port hdmi receiver can anybody recommend one thats not outrageously expensive?
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I believe the Elite lets you run digital audio over optical and video over HDMI, so you can have a receiver handle the sound rather than the TV.
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I'm no hdmi expert but i would think you would want the cleanest run possible for video without plugging it into 3 other things first then the TV, so that would mean running the hdmi from the xbox directly to the TV. But then i don;t know how you would get the sound from the TV to the receiver without optical out, unless the Tv has HDMI out ? I'm going to be getting a HDMI set top box and i plan on just using the HDMI for the video, but will plug in my optical cable and go right to the receiver.
I believe the Elite lets you run digital audio over optical and video over HDMI, so you can have a receiver handle the sound rather than the TV.
do i need optical or can i just use the hdmi for audio and video
Its better to use HDMI for video and use an optical cable for your sound. HDMI can run video and sound but for best performance its better to seperate the two.
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do i need optical or can i just use the hdmi for audio and video
Considering HDMI is digital, how would anything get degraded running from Elite to receiver to HDTV? I would assume it would stay digital at all times and not degrade what so ever.
i'm with b11051973. losing picture quality over a digital connection should be the least of your worries. many things to consider before worrying about that.
get a new AVR with hdmi switching (probably need at least 3 ports) run everything into the receiver and then run just one hdmi to the TV.
if you're really anal about calibration you may not be satisfied with that setup because you are only utilizing one input on the tv, therefor you'd have to adjust settings depending on what is being displayed.
i guess in the perfect world a receiver would have 4 hdmi inputs, and 4 hdmi outputs, also your TV would have 4 HDMI inputs. you'd run 4 devices into the receiver, and the revceiver would strip the sound and pass along the video, and you'd be able to calibrate each input independently.
the big wigs @hdmi with their "one cable solution" obviously didnt consider this. hell, if you could find a TV with a digital audio output to pass the sound along (via one cable) that would work too. run 4 hdmi components into the tv, run one optical cable from TV to receiver, you'd be set.
but for now i guess the only real solution would be to run all your video to the tv, and then optical/coax to your receiver, so make sure you can have at least 3 digital connections.
get a new AVR with hdmi switching (probably need at least 3 ports) run everything into the receiver and then run just one hdmi to the TV.
if you're really anal about calibration you may not be satisfied with that setup because you are only utilizing one input on the tv, therefor you'd have to adjust settings depending on what is being displayed.
i guess in the perfect world a receiver would have 4 hdmi inputs, and 4 hdmi outputs, also your TV would have 4 HDMI inputs. you'd run 4 devices into the receiver, and the revceiver would strip the sound and pass along the video, and you'd be able to calibrate each input independently.
the big wigs @hdmi with their "one cable solution" obviously didnt consider this. hell, if you could find a TV with a digital audio output to pass the sound along (via one cable) that would work too. run 4 hdmi components into the tv, run one optical cable from TV to receiver, you'd be set.
but for now i guess the only real solution would be to run all your video to the tv, and then optical/coax to your receiver, so make sure you can have at least 3 digital connections.
Just a note to point out that some TVs with digital optical audio out only pass
audio for limited inputs... over-the-air and QAM, but not for all of your other
inputs. So if you run Xbox360 Elite HDMI to the TV, then run optical digital audio
out of the TV to the receiver, you won't get any audio... specifically that's the case
on my Sony LCD.
Not that they couldn't pass the audio of course... I'm sure it's a legal thing why
they don't... bah.
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Originally Posted by formulanerd /forum/post/0
hell, if you could find a TV with a digital audio output to pass the sound along (via one cable) that would work too. run 4 hdmi components into the tv, run one optical cable from TV to receiver, you'd be set.
Just a note to point out that some TVs with digital optical audio out only pass
audio for limited inputs... over-the-air and QAM, but not for all of your other
inputs. So if you run Xbox360 Elite HDMI to the TV, then run optical digital audio
out of the TV to the receiver, you won't get any audio... specifically that's the case
on my Sony LCD.
Not that they couldn't pass the audio of course... I'm sure it's a legal thing why
they don't... bah.
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