can you get dts hd or dolby true hd without the hdmi inputs you usually need?
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I think so yes. I use the optical port for my tivo and the coax optical for my DVD player. On this one though ONLY the video is HDMI as a pass thru. I also have a roku and for sound I went from the tv optical out to BD. Sounds fine to me. I think it is just giving you 2 channel surround though.
1389606
My setup is:Raspberry <HDMI> ViewHDViewHD <HDMI> TVViewHD <TOSLink/optical> Onkyo TX-SR500The ViewHD is provided with a switch that you can switch between pass-through/2CH/5.1, in my case 5.1So when I have AC3 content played on the raspberry it is detected as Dolby D on the Onkyo.No chance to test DTS yet.
1966240
No doesn't directly hook up to hd game systems.. Try the regular rca surround sound
205659
Yes, you can decode DSD. I have Pioneer BDP-62FD and bunch of SACD disks, they all play through HDMI to Yamaha no problem. It supports 2ch to 5.1ch DSD's.
1169710
No optical, no Hdmi, luckily i had (red & white) audio out jacks on the back of my tv. I hook everything to tv then tv to stereo
514009
Sony has been very bad about clearing this up. Unfortunately, the SonyHome Theater System HT-SS2300 does not support DTS-HD format Sound.The Home Theater System supports Digital Cinema Sound (DCS), DolbyDigital, Dolby Por Logic II, Dolby Surround (Dolby Pro Logic) andDTS Digital Surround. Now the question becomes how do we play over 1/3 of the discs out there with some kind of surround sound???
1845684
Correct. HDMI carries anything up to, and probably beyond, 180p. It also will carry ful digital surround sound. However, a simple DVD can't reproduce more than 480p video, and Dolby encoded L, R and L-R surround, from the two RCA jacks. In other words, you can get Left, Right, Center, 2 rear carrying the same thing, and a Sub-woofer channels, using the two audio jacks with a Dolby Pro-Logic pre-amp.
1091296
Yes. I use it for Dolby DTS but I know it also supports newer formats as well.
426355
Hi there, if you have your tv and movies also attached via digital or optical audio, you will get 5.1 surround on your system if it is broadcast in 5.1. If you want equal sound from all speakers, as 7.1 and 5.1 are quite discrete and are only truly noticeable when movement or something like a loud explosion occurs, then cycle through the audio options of the receiver until you find the mode that gives the sound you are looking for. I usually set my receiver to DVD direct and it will send sound as recorded on the DVD. If you want other modes, look in the manual under the different audio modes and pick the one you like best. I hope that helps a bit and doesn't add to the confusion. True HD, I believe is only sent over HDMI that carries both video and audio. I may be wrong, and digital or audio will do this also. I have had the pleasure of DTS experience through 7.1 and it is incredible. Haven't played with True HD yet. you may want to check out AVS forums for more understanding of HT.
2014530
HDMI passthrough requires a separate audio connection. Basically, you're not going to be able to get DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, or Multi-channel PCM through optical. This would require a receiver capable of handling HDMI audio (i.e. the 605 and higher). I would STRONGLY recommend going with the 605 over the 505 - it's much more future proof (because of the HD audio capabilities), and will keep you from having to buy a new receiver in the near future.
1022570
It will decode Dolby Digital 5.1 and down-mix it to 2.1. It will not decode DTS.
1255643
No. That would be an analog system and these are digital. You could use the NTSC test output perhaps if you are thinking of upgrading to HD-SDI in the future, but the quality is not that great.
1610274
No you cannot because the bluray only has video outputs not inputs. You have an audio input option using digital but that's about it. What exactly are you trying to accomplish ??
1351956
Yes I believe you can. You just need you audio inputs still I believe. The quality Wasn't the best for me. It's ok but not HD.
2146936
If you can use the toslink cable, that's one less HDMI connection you'll use on your tv or receiver. To my knowledge there's no difference in sound data. Also sometimes, sound-only over HDMI is not compatible between devices.
235365
This does not have any HDMI inputs, only one HDMI output to go to your TV. So long as you have an HDMI input on your TV you can connect the PS3 with an optical cable to this and get Dolby Digital surround, but no TrueHD or DTS, only the built-in Blu-Ray player can use those formats.
294709
no hdmi input only an output for display this is a great unit if you have tapes that you wish to convert to digital files , you can install your own hard drive and it can read 2 external drives and it is very easy to swap between the drives