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Originally Posted by Cookie_Monster  That is indefinitely true - I've done that more often than not with my PC. 
At the end of the day if I come across one that does the job nicely (and does accept sound over HDMI) then I will be a happy chappy. I'm not too bothered about HDMI v1.3 as it seems largely irrelevant given that my TV and DVD recorder (a Samsung LE32R73BD and a Panasonic DMREX75) will not have HDMI v1.3. The setup will only be as good as its weakest link after all.
That's what I used to think as well but apparently the cheaper units like the Sony 1200ES do not accept audio over the HDMI connections, which seems highly bizarre to me. Is the point of HDMI (aside from having a better picture quality) not to do away with the plethora of both audio and video cables after all? |
the idea of HDMI is indeed to be one connector....however to keep costs down on cheaper amps, the HDMI input/outputs are just switchers, so you can pass the video and sound via the amp in to the TV......in some cases (ie when you spend a bit more money) you can process the video from the HDMI in some way or another (ie scaling) or strip the sound off from the HDMI and process it in the receiver.....however this all adds to the cost, so whilst HDMI was still in its infancy, it presumably seemed pointless to manufactuers of amps to strip the audio from the HDMI and just get people to keep using optical/coax.......i would imagine by next march most models around £500 or even cheaper if lucky will process the audio, and most around or above £500 will also scale....who knows tho.....lol