I know currently the latest Samsung HD boxes (manafactured Jan 09) don't send 5.1 over the HDMI cable and you have to use either the Optical or Coax to get it. The problem I have is that both the HDMI and optical cables are going to the same equipment and the sound from the HDMI takes priority over the optical cable so I'm still not able to get 5.1 from Sky HD.
Does anyone know anything of SKY's future plans to make a box that either does send 5.1 over the HDMI cable or a box that has an option in the software to force sound output only over the optical cable? and can the latter be done with firmware upgrades or will it mean a completely new box?
Does anyone know anything of SKY's future plans to make a box that either does send 5.1 over the HDMI cable or a box that has an option in the software to force sound output only over the optical cable? and can the latter be done with firmware upgrades or will it mean a completely new box?