[MrCool78]

Hi, Guys

I'm gonna buy LCD TV soon and I'm running 5 speakers through Receiver and Pre amp. And i have a DVD player which support HDMI my question are if i'm gonna use HDMI cable from DVD player to LCD TV where can I get the sound through to Receiver and to speakers? since HDMI cable delivers Video and Audio signal, so do I still need Digital cable to connect from DVD player to Receiver and HDMI cable from DVD player to LCD TV? or should I buy just DVI cable from DVD player to LCD TV and run digital cable from DVD player to receiver?
And my receiver doesn't support HDMI switching. This is a bit confuse me .

Cheers

[TIC]

Just run HDMI from DVD player to TV. This will provide digital video and audio. Also run a digital cable from DVD player to HT receiver. Just set the TV volume to 0 when using sound from the HT receiver.

If you need an inexpensive, but good quality HDMI cable, here's where I got mine:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Showitem&id=ID425037&partno=01722&search=HDTV&rsite=pccables.com&rcode=

$12.50 for a good quality HDMI cable.....

Enjoy,

TIC

[MrCool78]

Just run HDMI from DVD player to TV. This will provide digital video and audio. Also run a digital cable from DVD player to HT receiver. Just set the TV volume to 0 when using sound from the HT receiver.

If you need an inexpensive, but good quality HDMI cable, here's where I got mine:

http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Showitem&id=ID425037&partno=01722&search=HDTV&rsite=pccables.com&rcode=

$12.50 for a good quality HDMI cable.....

Enjoy,

Hi TIC
Thanks for the answers.
It means people who're running HT using HDTV from receiver still need 2 digital cables: HDMI to HDTV and Optical/Coax to pre/receiver.
I'm just curious, why do they make HDMI cable(deliver audio and video signal) if still need 2 cables to run for HT set up anyway?
Which one the best and cheaper HDMI cable or DVI cable?

Cheers

[bpape]

HDMI was made for the masses - assuming you'd run everything through an AV receiver for switching - including the video. 

Bryan

[jqp]

Right, HDMI is for sending everything (Video and Audio) to the TV (or A/V amplifier/Preprocessor if you are "hi-tech"). The point is to make it simpler, and to allow for copy protection also.

"Simpler" means that many consumers have these large TV sets that purport to be Home Theaters  That is, all the audio and video is provided by the TV with no other HT equipment. They even have "subwoofers" built into the TV cabinet, and the speakers are on the left and right of the screen. I guess this is "convergence" 

My TV has only a jack for DVI video (not HDMI), which is identical to the video signals of the HDMI. It is not a "superior" system these days, it is a "less advanced" system, older technology. But it worked out for me since I use digital optical out from my DBD player/XBox/DVD-R to my Outlaw preprocessor.

My DVD player (Oppo) uses the DVI jack and the other video sources use the 2 component video sets.

[TIC]

Yep, what they said! Many folks will simply run HDMI to their new digital TV and call it a day. It's actually a very elegant implementation. One single tiny cable and they're ready to go.

Secondarily, many new HT receivers/pre-processors have HDMI switching, so you would run the HDMI cable to the receiver and one from receiver to TV. You could also run HDMI from your cable STB or satellite STB. Many of the new receviers will also upconvert other sources to HDMI, so it would allow you to run whatever kind of cable from source to receiver and a single HDMI cable from receiver to TV.

Enjoy,

TIC

[Bob in St. Louis]

and after all that, you still may need to run a S-Video, or "monitor out" cable from the receiver to the TV to get your receivers on screen menus to work.

Bob