Home Theater Forum - View Single Post - So the 360 HDMI cable will not pass 5.1 audio?

Kevin M · 01-06-2008, 11:12 AM

I have the Halo edition 360 and I hoped that I could run both that and my Sony up-converting DVD player to my HDTV and just run one optical cable to my receiver cutting back on the forest of cables behind my system....no such luck it seems as neither of the HDMI cables seem to want to pass a 5.1 signal to my TV and therefore to my receiver.

Bogus. I mean was this not one of the selling points of HDMI, it's ability to reduce the amount of cables needed to pass high quality A/V signals to HT systems?

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Kevin M Member Location: Bethalto, IL. North of St. Louis Join Date: Feb 2000 Local Time: 10:31 PM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 6,353 Kevin1138	So the 360 HDMI cable will not pass 5.1 audio? I have the Halo edition 360 and I hoped that I could run both that and my Sony up-converting DVD player to my HDTV and just run one optical cable to my receiver cutting back on the forest of cables behind my system....no such luck it seems as neither of the HDMI cables seem to want to pass a 5.1 signal to my TV and therefore to my receiver. Bogus. I mean was this not one of the selling points of HDMI, it's ability to reduce the amount of cables needed to pass high quality A/V signals to HT systems? -Kevin M. Well....the table doesn't wobble anymore. My Little Unashamed Collection Last edited by Kevin M : 01-06-2008 at 11:14 AM.