Which would give me better sound to my receiver if I'm using HDMI for the video to the receiver as well?

1/11/2008 2:05:06 PM

unless youre blind...

1/11/2008 2:06:06 PM

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"Who gives a shit if he makes another thread? He'll get an answer and then the thread will drop off the front page, unless you morons want to keep posting and crying about it. "

i thought it was ok to create a new thread every time someone had a question about the PS3?


so...

answer my question then let the thread die.

1/11/2008 2:07:04 PM

you know

your post in that thread was funny until you repeated it

then you did this

1/11/2008 2:08:37 PM

you know...your opinion really doesn't matter. But thanks for BTTT my point again.

1/11/2008 2:17:24 PM

its fine with HDMI, if you have a surround sound setup youve gotta get autio to the surround sound somehow, so you optical.

cable is like $20, prolly cheaper online

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 2:20 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2008 2:17:56 PM

the receiver has HDMI for both audio/video

1/11/2008 2:18:22 PM

hmm, i would just say optical because its much cheaper. unless you have an extra cable.

1/11/2008 2:21:16 PM

just play the good nerd role Mark and do whatever is most expensive or difficult and then post about it later

1/11/2008 2:23:04 PM

the nerd role would be the cheapest and most complex way to do it. With a home made HDMI or optical cable.

paging Quinn

1/11/2008 2:38:57 PM

HDMI for loss less
optical otherwise

99% of the time you might as well go optical.... unless you're a bat with over $2000 in speakers

1/11/2008 2:50:18 PM

HDMI would be better I guess then.

1/11/2008 2:54:35 PM

Is this a real thread or even a real question? I can't imagine that it is. If you have HDMI already running to your A/V receiver, why the hell would you even consider using optical for anything at that point? Someone lock this shit.

1/11/2008 2:54:40 PM

cause optical has a cool red light.

1/11/2008 2:55:08 PM

wait, the ps3 has one hdmi port. unless you are using 5way components for your video i dont think there is a way you can use 2 hdmis. if there is lemme know.

hdmi from ps3 to TV and optical from ps3 to receiver

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 3:24 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2008 3:21:49 PM

what a shit head.

1/11/2008 3:23:39 PM

lol

lock + suspend

1/11/2008 3:36:30 PM

I support suspending the guy.. and I rarely come here.

1/11/2008 3:40:49 PM

I support suspending you for being a dumbass.

Quote :

"hdmi from ps3 to TV and optical from ps3 to receiver "

HDMI -> receiver -> HDMI -> tv

the receiver takes both the video and audio of the PS3 from the HDMI and outputs the audio to the speakers (duh) and the video to the TV. I don't run anything directly to my TV. Everything goes into the receiver.

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/11/2008 4:27:42 PM

optical is better

1/11/2008 4:42:26 PM

Assuming everything's HDMI 1.3, use HDMI.

Actually, you should probably just use HDMI regardless.

1/11/2008 5:09:59 PM

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"I don't run anything directly to my TV. Everything goes into the receiver. "

werd. yeah this is my first setup, i should look into hooking everything up to the reciever.

currently there is cable box component cables and ps3 hooked up to the tv.

i think thats ok for now.

1/11/2008 5:40:35 PM

shit, i had found a excellent website explaining all of the audio codecs, ac3, pcm, true HD, etc, and the corresponding audio connections. basically the compressed audio means it clips out parts of the sound your speakers are more than likely not capable of reproducing, much less of you hearing, espcially if you've been to any kind of concert ever

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM. Reason : s]

1/11/2008 8:11:17 PM

Quote :

"Is this a real thread or even a real question? I can't imagine that it is. If you have HDMI already running to your A/V receiver, why the hell would you even consider using optical for anything at that point? Someone lock this shit."

It's not a real question. Golovko knows better, he's just being patronizing here.

But in case anyone is wondering, with a PS3's Optical, you can either have 2-channel LPCM, or 5.1 DTS. There's not enough bandwidth for 5-channel LPCM. This isn't a problem if your receiver has HDMI ports -- however you have to make sure that your receiver will actually decode the audio going through on the HDMI, rather than just ignore it and function as a pass-through switch. Specs on receivers are notoriously vague on this, but you can probably ask someone to confirm it on avsforums.

1/12/2008 1:20:20 AM

thanks

1/12/2008 4:17:29 PM

short: high def sound needs HDMI

1/12/2008 4:45:06 PM