Home Theater Forum - View Single Post - HDMI with Yamaha YHT-590 Home Theater, question, need help

Stephen Tu · 05-13-2008, 11:27 AM

I agree it's kind of silly that these companies make HDMI receivers that can only do HDMI switching but can't process the audio from it.

For this system you'll have to use the optical hookup for surround sound.

Or, return it for a higher end YHT-690/790, or one of the top end Onkyo systems which will support audio over HDMI. This is necessary if you want to listen to the newer Blu-ray uncompressed / lossless compression tracks rather than the legacy DD/DTS.

05-13-2008, 11:27 AM	#2 of 2
Stephen Tu Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Local Time: 01:35 PM Local Date: 10-10-2008 Posts: 1,049	Re: HDMI with Yamaha YHT-590 Home Theater, question, need help I agree it's kind of silly that these companies make HDMI receivers that can only do HDMI switching but can't process the audio from it. For this system you'll have to use the optical hookup for surround sound. Or, return it for a higher end YHT-690/790, or one of the top end Onkyo systems which will support audio over HDMI. This is necessary if you want to listen to the newer Blu-ray uncompressed / lossless compression tracks rather than the legacy DD/DTS.