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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
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Forgot to ask one big question, how do you guys run the sound and pic? I want to run a 360, DVD player (eventually Blue Ray) and my Shaw HD box (No HDMI on it). All also have optical sound.
With my current reciever, I have 3 HDMI in and one out. I send the signal from the 360 and DVD player out to the reciever via HDMI and optical sound for both. Is this the way you would do it with a real reciever? Basically, does a higher end reciever handle both the sound and picture for you?
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HDMI carries both video and audio signals. My current setup is the following
Xbox360 - HDMI cable to receiver
Shaw HD Box - HDMI cable to receiver
DVD Player - HDMI cable to receiver
Wii - Component cable to receiver, RCA audio cable to receiver
Receiver - HDMI cable to the TV
If your receiver does HDMI, it should process the audio and pass through the video. Depending on the receiver and the source (ie: some high end blu-ray players) the receiver may not process the audio because it doesn't recognize the codec. But for an Xbox and Shaw HD box, it should just work.
You may also need to associate the appropriate audio source on the receiver. (ie: HDMI audio for video source 1 or whatever)
Not sure if that made sense.