HI James,
I'm trying to figure out the optimal connections in my future set with the BDA3 and TV set. The 4 hdmi ins on the BDA3 are audio only? Ie, do we need 2 hdmi outs on our sources to connect both audio and video (to the TVset obviously), or is the HDMI out on the BDA3 video also.
I ask because right now, I have not enough in/outputs to redirect all tv sources via the BDA1 to my system, and have them attached to the TV, connecting the TV through an optical connection to the BDA1 again. Has the advantage of lipsync without issues btw. ( Select Opt1 as audio source on the BDA1, and select video sources through the TV set.
In the new setup i would have the option to have all these HDMI sources (which are Audio And Video) directly into the BDA3, but then the HDMI out on the BDA3 would have to send video (of the selected HDMI) to the tv-set.
If not, we'd have to connect all video sources (Blurry, Apple tv, Humax tuner, whathaveyou more) both through separate audio and video out's, which not all of them have, and/or not all of them have in the same type (most have hdmi out for TV, rca for analogue audio, and spdif or optical for digital audio). Which of course wouldn't be much of an improvement....
Hope i make myself understandable.
Taking out the amount of RCA Spdif inputs on the BDA3 (compared to the BDA1) is rather a letdown in this regard, would it be an option to somehow put these back gain? The size has been increased, maybe there is spare room in the BDA3?
Cheers
Marius