marblecard
Novice Member
Hi,
We're currently in the process of upgrading our home theatre setup. See below for our previous setup:
We had a projector which projected onto the LHS wall with 3 really small bose speakers above it (brown squares) and 2 bose speakers on the other side of the room, all connected through cables in the wall. This all linked to an AV receiver in the bottom-left corner (black box).
We have retired the projector and have bought the Sony X900H 75 inch tv which we are planning on placing on the RHS wall due to a change in the design/use of the room. We are replacing the speakers with a monitor audio SB4 sound bar below the tv, 8 Monitor Audio Radius 90s for height left/rights + surround left/rights as well as a subwoofer.
The issue is all the cabling for the previous speakers (which we plan on using for some of the new speakers to save money) and all the CAT5 cables are currently in the bottom left of the room, meaning the cables would have to go anti-clockwise round the room due to the door (30m cables).
See below new setup:
Questions:
1. I am worried about losing video quality from long HDMI cables so thought of maybe plugging the PS5 / Sky Q box directing into the TV instead of the AV box. Is this feasible and would this cause issues with the sound coming from a separate source (delayed audio)
2. We are planning on using optical cables from AV receiver to TV, would this reduce sound quality for the current setup (given the length of cables required and number of speakers) and would using ARC be better? I also saw that the X900H has eARC but have heard of people having issues, is that worth not exploring?
Would really appreciate any help as I am really struggling to wrap my head around the best solution, thanks!
We're currently in the process of upgrading our home theatre setup. See below for our previous setup:
We had a projector which projected onto the LHS wall with 3 really small bose speakers above it (brown squares) and 2 bose speakers on the other side of the room, all connected through cables in the wall. This all linked to an AV receiver in the bottom-left corner (black box).
We have retired the projector and have bought the Sony X900H 75 inch tv which we are planning on placing on the RHS wall due to a change in the design/use of the room. We are replacing the speakers with a monitor audio SB4 sound bar below the tv, 8 Monitor Audio Radius 90s for height left/rights + surround left/rights as well as a subwoofer.
The issue is all the cabling for the previous speakers (which we plan on using for some of the new speakers to save money) and all the CAT5 cables are currently in the bottom left of the room, meaning the cables would have to go anti-clockwise round the room due to the door (30m cables).
See below new setup:
Questions:
1. I am worried about losing video quality from long HDMI cables so thought of maybe plugging the PS5 / Sky Q box directing into the TV instead of the AV box. Is this feasible and would this cause issues with the sound coming from a separate source (delayed audio)
2. We are planning on using optical cables from AV receiver to TV, would this reduce sound quality for the current setup (given the length of cables required and number of speakers) and would using ARC be better? I also saw that the X900H has eARC but have heard of people having issues, is that worth not exploring?
Would really appreciate any help as I am really struggling to wrap my head around the best solution, thanks!