HD Audio question

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With prices of Blu ray players dropping , i am considering a purchase but i am a bit confused by how  i can get HD audio .

  My Amp is a Onkyo TX SR 875  

my TV a Panasonic  TX 37 LZD70 full HD (x2 HDMI inputs, x1 Component input) 

 current DVD player Arcam Diva 88+ which i feed into my Amp via Component for picture and Coaxial for sound . 

My TV has my Sky HD in HDMI slot 1 and The Onkyo Amp in HDMI slot 2 . My Xbox 360 is connected via Component direct into the TV  .

 To be honest i am not Bowled over by The Onkyo's video switching. My Xbox 360  picture is far superior when fed directly into the TV and i would feed my Arcam direct into the TV if only it had 2 sets of Component inputs . 

to that end i want to feed the picture of any potential  Blu Ray Player   ( i am looking at a  BDP51FP Pioneer or similar ) direct into my TV via HDMI  for the best possible picture .

But how do i then get the HD Audio into my Amp ?? 

 call me naive but i thought  mid range Blu Ray products would have 2 HDMI outs for sound and vision., i guess not.  

 

many thanks in advance .  

 

 

 

[professorhat]

Okay, lot of potential confusion in your post. First and foremost, both video and audio is transferred along the HDMI cable, so you need to plug your Blu-Ray player into your Onkyo for sound, then have another HDMI connection between the Onkyo and the TV for picture.

When you say the Xbox 360 has a far superior connection when hooked directly into the TV, please say how it's connected to the amp and the equipment you're using as I'm convinced you can do better.

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[d4v3pum4]

Personally I think you're worrying about nothing. No Bluray players have 2 hdmi out, the whole point of HDMI is to pass HD audio and video over a single cable. The amp shouldn't affect the hdmi picture at all, it's digital after all. If it does, any problem will manifest itself in the form of sparklies or more likely dropouts. I've only ever heard of people of experiencing sparklies on long length cables. There are probably solutions to your question but they will be expensive and complex due to hdcp and handshaking issues. Speak to tmfsolutions, they should be able to advise further should you choose to continue down this path though.

You could always use multi-channel analogue output but I personally would keep it digital.

 

[Anonymous]

okay i tried my hooking my Xbox 360 into my Amp via ÿcomponent ÿfor picture and Toslink for Sound ÿand then using the HDMI out on the Amp into the TV . i have a good quality HDMI lead from Amp to TV (Chord Company 1.3a 1 meter) . the picture was noticably inferior doing this than plugging the Xbox 360 into the TV direct with the supplied component leads.ÿ

ÿThe Picture from my DVD via Amp does not seem as effected if i do not use any upscaling . i again use my Arcam's Component Outs ( Thor Component leads )ÿÿto input the picture with Prog Scan enabled on the DVD player and select the Through Video option ( amp to TV ÿis again HDMI ÿ) ÿ. ÿ

ÿThing is i don't want to spend a lot of money on a Blu Ray player ÿto have the same sort of results i got with the Xbox via the Amp ÿ . ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

Hi
As professorhat said, bluray into the amp to get the hd audio, the video signal will pass straight through the amp. It won't effect the picture at all.
If your Xbox360 has an hdmi socket use that, into the amp. If not then you have probably used the best connection for video with the component cable. Just use an optical cable for the sound to the amp.
The Pioneer bdp51fd is pukka mate. You won't be disappointed. It's a bit slow to start up and load a bluray disc but the picture and sound is excellent.

 

[pete321]

I've noticed quite a difference when I hook my Sony blu-ray player up direct to my LX5090, instead of via my Onk 905. There's less noise, not a massive difference, but noticeable.

Every time you introduce a new termination/connection you'll introduce signal degradation, even if the signal is just passed through your amp. At the risk of starting it up again, that's the reason you should use good quality HDMI leads.