Hi All,
I have a 2017 model Sony 75Z9D television. It has 4 HDMI ports where ports 2 and 3 are the only ones that support 4k@60hz. The other 2 ports are 4k 30hz. HDMI port 3 is the HDMI ARC port.
I want to change my set up from bulky speakers and receiver to a more living room friendly Sonos set up (5.1) with the Sonos ARC as the sound bar.
The problem is that the Sonos ARC would take up 1 of the 4k@60hz ports. (I use Apple TV 4k, PS4 (soon to be PS5), and 2 other 4k sources). I don't want to revert to using the digital optical output as the method to deliver sound to the Sonos system due to the many benefits of using HDMI ARC for control etc. So the obvious solution would be:
1) To get an HDMI switcher for HDMI port 2 that would handle both the Apple TV 4K and the PS4/5 and program my universal remote to help with the infrared switching. The biggest drawback of this approach is that I would need to manually change the picture settings from Cinema mode to Game mode back and forth every time I change inputs on the switcher (not sure that is easy to automate on a universal remote given the way the Sony OS works).
However, I am wondering whether there is another possible solution......
So for HDMI port 3 (ARC)....if there was a device that fed an HDMI cable into HDMI 3 port on the tv and also sent an HDMI port to the SONOS arc while still having a vacant port for say the Apple TV. Something that acts as both a splitter and a switcher. The device would effectively split the audio away from the video signal towards the Sonos and send the video signal from the vacant port to HDMI port 3.
(By the way, I much prefer using Apple TV rather than the TV's internal apps which I find much less snappy).
Not sure if anyone can help with this, but any feedback or help would be very much appreciated.
I have a 2017 model Sony 75Z9D television. It has 4 HDMI ports where ports 2 and 3 are the only ones that support 4k@60hz. The other 2 ports are 4k 30hz. HDMI port 3 is the HDMI ARC port.
I want to change my set up from bulky speakers and receiver to a more living room friendly Sonos set up (5.1) with the Sonos ARC as the sound bar.
The problem is that the Sonos ARC would take up 1 of the 4k@60hz ports. (I use Apple TV 4k, PS4 (soon to be PS5), and 2 other 4k sources). I don't want to revert to using the digital optical output as the method to deliver sound to the Sonos system due to the many benefits of using HDMI ARC for control etc. So the obvious solution would be:
1) To get an HDMI switcher for HDMI port 2 that would handle both the Apple TV 4K and the PS4/5 and program my universal remote to help with the infrared switching. The biggest drawback of this approach is that I would need to manually change the picture settings from Cinema mode to Game mode back and forth every time I change inputs on the switcher (not sure that is easy to automate on a universal remote given the way the Sony OS works).
However, I am wondering whether there is another possible solution......
So for HDMI port 3 (ARC)....if there was a device that fed an HDMI cable into HDMI 3 port on the tv and also sent an HDMI port to the SONOS arc while still having a vacant port for say the Apple TV. Something that acts as both a splitter and a switcher. The device would effectively split the audio away from the video signal towards the Sonos and send the video signal from the vacant port to HDMI port 3.
(By the way, I much prefer using Apple TV rather than the TV's internal apps which I find much less snappy).
Not sure if anyone can help with this, but any feedback or help would be very much appreciated.