Does the Optical Out work with watching BluRay Movies? I doubt it, but can someone confirm?
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Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0.
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Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0. Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the... » Read More Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0. « Show Less
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Had the same problem but works great plugged into my BluRay player. It only works when I'm watching DVD's.
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FYI yes it does. If the audio feed from the Blu Ray goes into the tv audio input then audio out from the tv will enter sp 120 audio.input via optical.or phono hookup and it works. Just the same thanks for responding.
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Hi Craig: i need clarification. If it is hooked up to a bluray, then it follows the movie settings that you have listed? what if i am watching regular tv, do i set it on "standard", and what are the settings? thanks.
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If I have an older CRT panasonic TV can I use this to watch DVD and bluray from an HDMI out Bluray player? the TV still works so dont want to repalce yet but when it goes I will upgrade the TV with the new bluray player. Thanks for any insight.
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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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I own this device. It can burn to CD's and DVD's (CDR/CDRW/DVDR+-/DVDRW+-, it CANNOT burn to Bluray (BDR/BDRW), but it can READ Bluray discs.
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Im having an issue with this. I contacted Sony and they told me to hook up my:Bluray > HDMI > TVBluray > Optical Cable > Home TheaterHome Theater > HDMI > TVWhen i play my dvds on my home theater i get the full surround sound, BUT when i play my blurays i dont. I get the same sound from my front right speakers and my right rear speakers (same thing for the left side). Does anyone have a solution? or having these same issues?My Equipment: Sony Bravia KDL46V5100, Sony HDX589w Home Theater, Samsung P3600 BluRay Player
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Yes, they all play regular dvd's, not just blurays. If you only have a 720p/10801 television, then the bluray player will output the pic at that level. You may have to adjust the settings, but it will still out output it at 720p/1080i
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Mine is connected to a ps3 and have had no problem watching Blu Rays or Netflix sine I've been using it.
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it should work automatically. In my case i just put the blue ray disk in to the optical player and thats it, i don't have any problem in that case
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I'm having the same problem with my Sony, I just got a new Sony on Weds. and it doesn't work with the optical either, so I'm going to investigate further, By the way it DID work with a Samsung TV at my dad's house!
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on my 47LW6500 I see optical digital video OUT. Through this connection I have DVD player connected to TV, and it works.
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I have the optical output from the unit connected to the Optical input of the amplifier and use a 7.1 setup--Most Blu Ray is 5.1 but now and then some of them are 7.1--Sounds fine--
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Have not tried a blu ray player. It does work we'll with digital signage players, servers, pc's, and xbox consoles.
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Yes it will but in order to do that you need some additional stuff:- Windows 8.x doesn't playback either native DVDs and BluRay. You need a 3rd party software installed like PowerDVD.- Your monitor should support HDCP protocol that is a requirement from any monitor or TV to do Bluray playback.This BDROM works fine reading Bluray movies so if you meet the other hardware and software requirements you can playback your movies using this unit as I did.