Home audio & video: HDMI Audio Output
HDMI Audio Output
by caseyahenry - 1/1/06 1:06 AMI've got an HDMI capable HDTV, and there's one thing about HDMI that I'm not clear about. I know that HDMI cables carry both audio and video signals, but what I don't know is whether or not the audio signal is 5.1 channel Dolby Digital/DTS or just stereo. Digital optical/coaxial audio jacks are hard to come by on my A/V receiver, so it would be great to know that HDMI can carry 5.1 channel surround sound.
In a word. . .
by Coryphaeus - 1/1/06 5:53 AM In reply to: HDMI Audio Output by caseyahenryyes. I did a Google search on HDMI sound and got lots of interesting results.
What you'll realy need to make this work is a high end receiver/amplifier you can run the HDMI signal through. It will pull out the sound and route it to the speakers and route the video to the TV. Most new cable and satellite HD receivers will have an HDMI out jack.
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Like this Harmon-Kardon unit. . .
by Coryphaeus - 1/1/06 6:07 AM In reply to: In a word. . . by Coryphaeushttp://www.harmankardon.com/back.aspx?prod=AVR%20740&cat=REC&sType=C&Region=USA&Country=US&Language=ENG&ImgName=AVR740B.jpg
Notice in the top right corner. Bring money.
Thanks for the info
by caseyahenry - 1/2/06 6:10 AM In reply to: Like this Harmon-Kardon unit. . . by CoryphaeusI appreciate your help. After browsing some more, I found this on a FAQ at hdmi.org:
"Does HDMI support Dolby 5.1 audio and high-resolution audio formats? Yes. From the start, HDMI was defined to carry 8-channels, of 192kHz, 24-bit uncompressed audio, which exceeds all current consumer media formats. In addition, HDMI can carry any flavor of compressed audio format such as Dolby or DTS. (Such compressed formats are the only multi-channel or high-resolution audio formats that can be carried across the older S/PDIF or AES/EBU interfaces.) The fact that the vast majority of HDMI products shipped are two-channel TVs that don’t support more than two-channel audio doesn’t make this any less the case. Most existing HDMI sources can output any compressed stream, and the newer sources can output uncompressed 6-channel, 96kHz audio from a DVD-Audio disk. There are several A/V receivers on the market that can accept and process the 6- or 8-channel audio from HDMI and more are expected to be available shortly."
http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/faq.asp
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