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Questions regarding HTPC integration to home theaters, and general purchasing advice regarding home theater and audio systems, including headphones. Please no car audio or over the top PA systems. | |
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Any question regarding Home Theater Systems. What to buy? How to do the hookup and troubleshoot. (Only surround sound hook up) Please note that I am not a technician. When sending me questions, please make sure you provide me with as much information on your equipment as possible. I would like to know if you have HDMI,Optical and or Digital Coaxial ports. Do not forget to include make and model of your equipment......Thanks |
Hello Louis, Your question is not very clear to me, nor have you provided me with model numbers of your systems. Anyhow, you should make sure that you are connecting HDMI "OUT" of the Home Cinema to HDMI
Do you get sound from Blu-ray/DVD playback? You'll need to connect an HDMI cable from the home theatre unit to the TV (for video from Blu-ray/DVD to reach the TV), and an audio signal from the TV to
I wouldn't honestly pay for calibration outside of a professional environment (where the display is being used for something like pre-production presswork), essentially all it will accomplish is adjusting
No, this has nothing to do with the quality of the cable, and generally only influences the price, audio/video quality via HDMI is going to be fairly consistent across all devices, more or less regardless
Connections for each component: Cable Box: HDMI or YPbPr (merely depends on what cables you have available) to TV Optical Digital Audio to Optical Video 2 In on Receiver CD Player: Stereo analog

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