Sky HD 5.1 Via HDMI

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Will Sky ever fix this problem and allow Dolby Digital over HDMI instead of optical ?

 

[The_Lhc]

If they're still making the hardware to comply with HDMI 1.1 then it would require new hardware to implement this.

 

[Dave_]

Interestingly, the new single tuner/non-PVR SkyHD box (Amstrad DRX595) does output DD5.1 over HDMI. So hopefully future revisions of the Sky+HD boxes will be based around the same chipsets.

 

[The_Lhc]

Interestingly, the new single tuner/non-PVR SkyHD box (Amstrad DRX595) does output DD5.1 over HDMI. So hopefully future revisions of the Sky+HD boxes will be based around the same chipsets.

Dave, this is the one that can stream saved programs from a SkyHD+ box over network isn't it? Do you know if all current SkyHD+ boxes will support this (as the source storage device I mean) or will it only be the latest boxes?

 

[Anonymous]

Interestingly, the new single tuner/non-PVR SkyHD box (Amstrad DRX595) does output DD5.1 over HDMI. So hopefully future revisions of the Sky+HD boxes will be based around the same chipsets.

Thats interesting, thanks for the info. Its just so annoying that the Sky HD box still does this !

 

[Dave_]

Interestingly, the new single tuner/non-PVR SkyHD box (Amstrad DRX595) does output DD5.1 over HDMI. So hopefully future revisions of the Sky+HD boxes will be based around the same chipsets.

Dave, this is the one that can stream saved programs from a SkyHD+ box over network isn't it?

They don't atm. They will allegedly in the future with f/w updates.

Do you know if all current SkyHD+ boxes will support this (as the source storage device I mean) or will it only be the latest boxes?

When/if these features are added, it most definitely won't work with Thomson HD boxes, they're not capable of running the 'Darwin' s/w that adds the network functions, so aren't even compatible with Anytime+ (Sky have been sending out mail shots to HD subscribers with Thomson boxes offering free replacements for this very reason, over the past few weeks)

As for other makes a box, i've no idea atm, Sky are (as usual) tight lipped about these features.

 

[The_Lhc]

Interestingly, the new single tuner/non-PVR SkyHD box (Amstrad DRX595) does output DD5.1 over HDMI. So hopefully future revisions of the Sky+HD boxes will be based around the same chipsets.

Dave, this is the one that can stream saved programs from a SkyHD+ box over network isn't it?

They don't atm. They will allegedly in the future with f/w updates.

oh right, one of those, say no more...

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Do you know if all current SkyHD+ boxes will support this (as the source storage device I mean) or will it only be the latest boxes?

When/if these features are added, it most definitely won't work with Thomson HD boxes, they're not capable of running the 'Darwin' s/w that adds the network functions, so aren't even compatible with Anytime+ (Sky have been sending out mail shots to HD subscribers with Thomson boxes offering free replacements for this very reason, over the past few weeks)

As for other makes a box, i've no idea atm, Sky are (as usual) tight lipped about these features.

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Ok, I think mine's an Amstrad, DMR-V19.