matthew_rm
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Hello all,
So years ago, in Jr.high I decided I loved home theater. I started building my system which I own today. Back then it was very easy to understand formats and connections. Here is my system, and Ill ask my question(s)
Denon 2802
Klipsch Ref3II mains, (soon to be RF7's) KLFC7 center, SF1 rears and a Paradigm PW2500. Sharp BD player, sony SACD, monster power center, yada yada yada. My reciever can do 6.1, it has ext in which Im using for SACD.
My pioneer plamsa plays 1080P and looks great off my bluray player sent by HDMI. For some reason, I can't get any sound from the HDMI of my sharp BD player.Any idea why? I have been threw the menus. I am currenty using toslink for sound. I am reading lots about lossless audio and high def sound movies. How do I get that? If I hook up my CD player via an optical cable, and select PCM is that lossless audio? Currently I am using a pair of analog RCA's for CD playback. As for movies, I understand that I can't get 7.1 with my old reciever, but can I get uncompressed 5.1 via optical cable? I just dont understand all these new formats, and how to get them uncompressed.
As far as I can tell, I need to have a reciever capable of playing DolbyHD, which can only be sent via HDMI. Correct?? Is that all there is too it? 7.1 recievers have been around for a long time, and now Im reading they were not discrete? "Phantom" modes and such. I hope I am making sense, and look foward to some answers. I have been searching, but each topic goes off topic lol.
matthew
So years ago, in Jr.high I decided I loved home theater. I started building my system which I own today. Back then it was very easy to understand formats and connections. Here is my system, and Ill ask my question(s)
Denon 2802
Klipsch Ref3II mains, (soon to be RF7's) KLFC7 center, SF1 rears and a Paradigm PW2500. Sharp BD player, sony SACD, monster power center, yada yada yada. My reciever can do 6.1, it has ext in which Im using for SACD.
My pioneer plamsa plays 1080P and looks great off my bluray player sent by HDMI. For some reason, I can't get any sound from the HDMI of my sharp BD player.Any idea why? I have been threw the menus. I am currenty using toslink for sound. I am reading lots about lossless audio and high def sound movies. How do I get that? If I hook up my CD player via an optical cable, and select PCM is that lossless audio? Currently I am using a pair of analog RCA's for CD playback. As for movies, I understand that I can't get 7.1 with my old reciever, but can I get uncompressed 5.1 via optical cable? I just dont understand all these new formats, and how to get them uncompressed.
As far as I can tell, I need to have a reciever capable of playing DolbyHD, which can only be sent via HDMI. Correct?? Is that all there is too it? 7.1 recievers have been around for a long time, and now Im reading they were not discrete? "Phantom" modes and such. I hope I am making sense, and look foward to some answers. I have been searching, but each topic goes off topic lol.
matthew