Suggestion on buying this please I'm planning to buy this. I have HDTV as well as a PC, both having optical output and have long enough cables. I want both my PC and TV connected to the optical input? Will this be possible? Is this good for TV? Suggestion on buying this please I'm planning to buy this. I have HDTV as well as a PC, both having optical output and have long enough cables. I want both my PC and TV connected to the... » Read More Suggestion on buying this please I'm planning to buy this. I have HDTV as well as a PC, both having optical output and have long enough cables. I want both my PC and TV connected to the optical input? Will this be possible? Is this good for TV? « Show Less
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You can get for under $20 a three way digital optical selector (google for the lowest price). It is a rotary switch which goes from 3 inputs to one output or vice versa. I have done exactly what you want to do and it works just fine.
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Will,Why do you need an optical cable and an HDMI between the TV and the Bluray? Doesn't the HDMI do both audio and video?Brian
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today i try to connect the coaxial cable from my dish box to mygica box and from the box to my pc monitor, but i dont see nothing. if anybody tell me how to plug this box and make it work to see cable in my pc, i will be very grateful. all i want is watch tv in a pc monitor. thank you.
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anon4, what standards do you want to see in HDTV and please elaborate on some of these bugs that you mention? Also, I belive this has a component output, which I believe is analog? Buying an analog only TV would not be a very bright idea considering that all TV broadcasts will have to be digital in the near future.
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I originally used the composite/av to hook up a Fire TV. I had never thought to hook up my computer using the HDMI cable. I just hooked up my laptop using the HDMI cable and the composite/av. I'm now able to use my tv screen as a computer monitor. The set-up worked great. There is some loss of definition since the converter switches the signal from Hi-def to Standard def. Also, make sure you have a USB cable in addition to the HDMI cable, since you need to have both plugged into the HDMI to Composite converter, otherwise the converter won't work. Hope this is helpful.
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When I connected this product to my HD TV which does not have an input for a PC, I used the DVD input connection and used my remote to select input from the DVD. It works fine. (I have a Blu Ray video player so the DVD connection was available). If you have a PC input on your TV and are connected, make sure you select PC input on the TV or using the remote.
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If you have only one HDMI port then chances are it is for "output" only. There are laptops that have an HDMI "input" port. Most that do have two, one labelled "input" the other "output". Do a search on your laptop model and make to be certain. The same goes for desktop PC's. Desktop PC monitor's and HDTV's have HDMI "input" ports. I do have one HDTV that has an HDMI "output" port in addition to the two "input" ports. Not sure what I would actually use it for. A second HDTV showing the same picture? A recordable Blu-Ray player? But most of those use USB 3.0 for input. If you have only one HDMI port then chances are it is for "output" only. There are laptops that have an HDMI "input" port. Most that do have two, one labelled "input" the other "output". Do a search on your laptop model and make to be certain. The same goes for desktop PC's. Desktop PC monitor's and HDTV's have HDMI "input" ports. I do have one HDTV that has an HDMI "output" port in addition to the two "input" ports. Not sure what I would actually use it for. A second HDTV showing the same picture? A recordable Blu-Ray... » Read More If you have only one HDMI port then chances are it is for "output" only. There are laptops that have an HDMI "input" port. Most that do have two, one labelled "input" the other "output". Do a search on your laptop model and make to be certain. The same goes for desktop PC's. Desktop PC monitor's and HDTV's have HDMI "input" ports. I do have one HDTV that has an HDMI "output" port in addition to the two "input" ports. Not sure what I would actually use it for. A second HDTV showing the same picture? A recordable Blu-Ray player? But most of those use USB 3.0 for input. « Show Less
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I prefer to hook my critical video equipment, especially reference equipment, directly to my monitor. You can use the ARC HDMI to get TV sound out of the Receiver.there 'has' to be 'some' information lost in the translation, imo.
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You can connect this device to your PC HDMI output convert it to VGA output if thats what you want to do.However please check if your graphic card output do support outputting VGA and HDMI signal at the same time.
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Akumar, were you successful? I too have an Apex TV and a laptop PC I want to work together. I can't wait to cancel my cable subscription, and watch programs from the internet on my TV. Which cable did the trick. Any advice? -Audrey
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Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush... » Read More Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! « Show Less
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Can you please explain this? I have been using a tv from 1995 and use a co-axial cable to hook it up. I am not familiar with HDMI cable, so if this is the only type that plugs into the tv, how can I hook the other end up to my cable box and DVD player? The cable box is newer so may be compatible, but the DVD player is fairly old as well. I don't want to buy a tv that I can't use my DVD player with. Thank you!
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Using optical from cable box, sounds like tv has a stereo signal cable box i have has no sound at all via HDMI i think the tv would pass it thru if it were available. oh optical is into philips 5.1 blu ray system always on to opti in or fm radio tuner.
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Yeah, but you need to buy a thing. I have an old Pinnacle PCTV tuner (USB stick) that works great. One end plugs into my cable and the other plugs into the computer. I would recommend you search for a more modern USB TV Tuner but feel pretty confident you could make it work.
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honestly you may consider another option... spend less money than you would on a blu-ray player and build a barebones PC specifically to play computer formats via the TV, using a DVI-to-HDMI cable. I have one of these set up and it works very well... so when i get a blu-ray player i am only worrying about its use as a blu-ray player specifically.not feasible for everyone, i know, but something to consider.
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James, do you have an HDMI connection on your cable box and or other peripherals (DVD, bluray etc)? Optical is a good solution for component or analog video connections with digital audio (surround sound) decoders. If you have HDMI then your best possible video and audio solution is to go directly from your cable box and DVD/bluray with HDMI cables which would carry 1080p (high definition) video as well as 7.1 surround sound on a single cable. If this option is out of the question then you could go the lesser quality route of using optical connection into 2 inputs on the rear of the v375. This unit would replace your current surround processor. Any further questions feel free to reply!
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Actually since you have both 1080p TV, you can definitely use this. I did not test this with a TV with different maximum definition i.e. a 1080p and a 720p TV connected to both outputs. I say just to be safe, both of the TVs should be in 1080p.