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hi evey one? i have a harman/kardon signature series home cinema system it is about 10 years old now but still a good one i am thinking about geting a sony blu-ray player to go with my new sony 46inch lcd tv. But i conect my dvd player i have at the moment thou coaxical-out and s/video out to my amp and my harman amp does not have a HDMI port ? I have a buget of about 200/300 pounds but some of the sony blu-ray players i am looking at don't have s/video out. how can i conect to my amp with out losing some of the guality. and one more thing do you need internet capability with your blu-ray player for updates to play all blu-ray dvd's because some of my friends have problems with some films not playing.

 

[Anonymous]

The best way to connect a blu ray player with the setup you have is a HDMI cable from the blu ray player to the tv and either a coax or optical cable for the sound from the blu ray player to your amplifier.

Im puzzled why would you want to connect a blu ray player via s-video? it would not give you 1080p, is it because your tv is on the wall? if it is, then you still would need to connect via HDMI as otherwise a blu ray player wont be worth getting.

M

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for that. i only go thou s/video becaues it is how i have set up the dvd player i have at the moment so if i go from a blu-ray player with HDMI to my tv and then coax to my amp will that be ok then.

 

[strapped for cash]

Hi

Had a quick scout online and couldn't tell whether your amp/receiver(?) has multichannel analogue inputs?

If so, you should probably look at the Panasonic DMP-BD85 or the LG BD390 Blu Ray players. These have multichannel analogue outs, which means that if your receiver has inputs to accomodate this function you will be getting lossless (Dolby Digital HD or DTS HDMA) audio from Blu Ray discs.

If you hook up via a digital optical lead you will not be getting the absolute best from Blu Ray soundtracks (though standard DD/DTS soundtracks will be fine). On the other hand, if you can't connect kit this way a digital optical connection isn't catastrophic. In that case, you should probably check out the Sony BDP-S370 (a current What Hi Fi group test winner at an extremely low price). Then if you ever decide to upgrade your amplifier you'll be able to connect via HDMI for lossless audio anyway.

EDIT: Oh, and yes, don't hook up a Blu Ray player to your television using S-Video. Always use HDMI...

 

[Anonymous]

my harman/kardon signature series reciver 2.0 and then i have 2 power amp's aswell wich are harman/kardon signature 1.3 and 1.5?

 

[strapped for cash]

So it's a stereo amplifier/preamp set up?

If so, just hook up via digital optical, though obviously you will only be getting 2 channels rather than 5.1 (or upwards) surround sound.

Not a problem if you're content watching films in stereo...

 

[Anonymous]

no it is a 5.1 system it is not a 2 channel system i think because i get a good separation between all my speakers?

 

[Anonymous]

just to say to strapped for cach thanks for your time i have had a look and i can not see analogue inputs only digital ones and what i ment by sound separation is that as far as i no 2 channel is sound to the front and rear but to the rear out of both speakers is the same sound. on the system i have if i get some thing come across the screen i can hear it comeing across the room from one side of the rear speaker to one side of the front speaker so is it 5.1 or is it 2 channel plears tel? thanks again.

 

[sta99y]

Does it not say on front of amp if it supports DD & DTS etc?

 

[Anonymous]

it sying dolby digital and digital dts sorround

 

[The_Lhc]

mav35:just to say to strapped for cach thanks for your time i have had a look and i can not see analogue inputs only digital ones and what i ment by sound separation is that as far as i no 2 channel is sound to the front and rear but to the rear out of both speakers is the same sound. on the system i have if i get some thing come across the screen i can hear it comeing across the room from one side of the rear speaker to one side of the front speaker so is it 5.1 or is it 2 channel plears tel? thanks again.
Errm how many speakers have you got?

Two channel is basically stereo front left and right. It can be used to carry a single surround channel which I think is what you're thinking of but 5.1 is what it says, 5 channels of sound each to an individual speaker plus a low frequency channel to a subwoofer.

 

[Anonymous]

i have got 5 speakers 3 front 2 back front are nht back are mirage speakers and a rel sub

 

[sta99y]

To me mate it seems you have all that's needed for a setup apart from the HDMI and Multichannel input! If you went for the LG390 you could connect it via optical or coaxal and let the LG re-encode to DTS core.

 

[strapped for cash]

Right, this is a 2001 model multichannel amplifier which would have been absolutely fine in terms of connectivity when released but is lagging behind now -- it has digital optical and coaxial inputs and six standard (not multichannel) analogue inputs.

There's little point in buying the LG or Panasonic Blu Rays players I suggested earlier as the multichannel analogue output won't offer you any benefits.

The Sony 370 is a good (cheap) call and worth looking at. Then if you ever decide to upgrade your amp/receiver to get lossless sound you can link the Sony Blu Ray to the new receiver using HDMI...

 

[Anonymous]

thanks again strapped for cash i have just orderd the sony 370 and a qed hdmi thanks for your help

 

[strapped for cash]

No problem Mav35!