Old Amp new Blue Ray

[BolinJ]

Hi there
I have an old Denon home theatre amp with no HDMI ports (it has optical), and a Newish Panasonic Blue Ray player with both. 4kTV is up to date.
My question is how to play my blue ray discs.
Could I send the audio from the BR directly to the amp, and the video signal from the BR directly to the TV? Would the sound and image be synchronized? Would it work at all!?
I would really appreciate some knowledgeable input.

 

[jjbomber]

Try it and see is the short answer. It should work, though you will probably have to adjust the lip sync in settings.

 

[BolinJ]

I’ll give it a lash, thanks!

 

[plastic penguin]

I’ll give it a lash, thanks!

I have a Bluray Panasonic. It should have audio outs on the back panel. If it has just use RCA interconnects straight to the amp. Should work a treat.

 

[BolinJ]

Great! Many thanks

 

[BolinJ]

I have a Bluray Panasonic. It should have audio outs on the back panel. If it has just use RCA interconnects straight to the amp. Should work a treat.

Would that carry video as well?

 

[12th Monkey]

Would that carry video as well?

No - you need HDMI for that.

 

[plastic penguin]

Would that carry video as well?

No, that is pure audio or sound.

As the above posters have said, HDMI is for picture and basic sound, but unless your amp has HDMI, you will need a audio out option.

 

[12th Monkey]

HDMI is for picture and basic sound

Moot point in this case, but HDMI will carry all the hi res formats and the amp does the decoding. Using RCA means you're reliant on the blu ray's audio processing. I'm assuming that the OP is using multichannel audio, but we don't know.

 

[plastic penguin]

Moot point in this case, but HDMI will carry all the hi res formats and the amp does the decoding. Using RCA means you're reliant on the blu ray's audio processing. I'm assuming that the OP is using multichannel audio, but we don't know.

Indeed. It's the only way I can kill two birds with one stone... sort of.

Panny players tend to have good audio outs.