PeakyPaul
Established Member
Hello,
I have purchased a new TV and Blu-ray but currently can't afford to upgrade the rest of my system.
So I am looking for help in connecting the sources together to best use what I have (Appreciate that the AVR will limit what I can get, I.E no atmos but should get Dolby digital 5.1)
So my setup will be,
Old items,
Front speakers - Scandyna Blueroom Minipods
Center speaker - KEF 3001SE
Rear speakers - Scandyna Blueroom Micropods
Subwoofer - KEF E2
AV Amp - Sony STR-DN860
New items
Philips 55OLED806
Sony UPB-X700
Sky Q UHD
I am looking at the best way to connect my Sky Q box (with UHD subscription) Blu-ray player and TV to my AVR while getting the best picture/Video
I suppose the first and maybe only question is will plugging everything in to the TV and outputting it to the amp mean I get the best audio?
Would I benefit from better audio by connecting the blu-ray to the TV and AVR (the blu-ray has two HDMI outputs one audio only and one audio/video) thus video goes to the TV meaning I get the 4K picture and audio goes to the AVR as I'm not sure if outputting the audio from the TV will mean that I don't get Dolby digital?
Next will be the Sky Q box, this hasn't got two HDMI's so I've either got to run it through the TV or use the optical output from the Sky box to the AVR?
Also I am presuming I will need Ultra fast 2.1 HDMI cables between blu-ray/Sky and TV to get the 4k picture but not between the TV/Blu-ray and AVR as the AVR doesn't have HDMI 2.1 so standard HDMI cables would be ok?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Connections on AVR
Connections on blu-ray
Connections on Sky
Connections on TV
I have purchased a new TV and Blu-ray but currently can't afford to upgrade the rest of my system.
So I am looking for help in connecting the sources together to best use what I have (Appreciate that the AVR will limit what I can get, I.E no atmos but should get Dolby digital 5.1)
So my setup will be,
Old items,
Front speakers - Scandyna Blueroom Minipods
Center speaker - KEF 3001SE
Rear speakers - Scandyna Blueroom Micropods
Subwoofer - KEF E2
AV Amp - Sony STR-DN860
New items
Philips 55OLED806
Sony UPB-X700
Sky Q UHD
I am looking at the best way to connect my Sky Q box (with UHD subscription) Blu-ray player and TV to my AVR while getting the best picture/Video
I suppose the first and maybe only question is will plugging everything in to the TV and outputting it to the amp mean I get the best audio?
Would I benefit from better audio by connecting the blu-ray to the TV and AVR (the blu-ray has two HDMI outputs one audio only and one audio/video) thus video goes to the TV meaning I get the 4K picture and audio goes to the AVR as I'm not sure if outputting the audio from the TV will mean that I don't get Dolby digital?
Next will be the Sky Q box, this hasn't got two HDMI's so I've either got to run it through the TV or use the optical output from the Sky box to the AVR?
Also I am presuming I will need Ultra fast 2.1 HDMI cables between blu-ray/Sky and TV to get the 4k picture but not between the TV/Blu-ray and AVR as the AVR doesn't have HDMI 2.1 so standard HDMI cables would be ok?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Connections on AVR
Connections on blu-ray
Connections on Sky
Connections on TV