[kitch155]

Hi,

I Apologize if this sounds dumb, but have got a Panasonic home sound system with built in DVD player, but it does not have blue-ray.

If I brought a blue-ray DVD player and connected it to the TV via HDMI and then connected the TV to the sound system via HDMI, would I get high definition sound, or do I need a blue-ray player sound system?

Many Thanks.

[andy1249]

If I brought a blue-ray DVD player and connected it to the TV via HDMI and then connected the TV to the sound system via HDMI, would I get high definition sound, or do I need a blue-ray player sound system?

No you wouldnt , most TV's dont have a HDMI out , they are usually inputs , HDMI is one way , each port is either an input or an output , not both.

In addition , most TV's do not pass multichannel audio on any audio outputs they may have , most usually just do stereo.

HD audio requires that the receiving device has decoders for that particular signal , so you need an amp with DD tru HD or DTS MA HD capabilities onboard , no DVD player that I know of has those.

So to get HD audio , you need either a blu ray all in one system , or an AV receiver with HD audio capabilities , just having HDMI slots does mean that any device has HD audio capabilities.

[kitch155]

Hey,

Thanks for the reply.

The problem is that we want to watch blue-ray films as that was the point of the getting the TV.

So if we connected a blue-ray dvd player to the tv via HDMI (to get high definition films) and then connected the tv to the sound system via a red and white aux cable would we get standard surround sound (non-hd) or stereo through 5 speakers or even no sounds at all?


Again, Many Thanks.

[andy1249]

Straight to the TV and you would get HD pictures with stereo sound , depending on the blu ray player model you may have the option of optical or co-ax to the surround for Dolby digital or DTS or alternatively yes you can feed a stereo signal to the amp and use one of the pseudo fake surround options like prologic or neo.

[kitch155]

Will go with the optical cable for the surround sound.

Thank you very much for all the help!