zamboknee
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So here's a weird problem.
I bought a Samsung Blu-Ray player about a month ago (model BD-J5700/ZA). Plugging it into my Samsung 32inch LCD TV with HDMI it was working fine. After about a week or 2 the audio stopped working. No audio at all.
Just the audio, as the video was fine.
Trying to make sure the problem wasn't the HDMI input on the TV I switch out the blu-ray with my Apple TV (4th gen) and got just fine playback (audio and video) on the same input of the TV.
I switched the devices between all 3 HDMI inputs on the TV. Regardless of the input the audio on the blu-ray player would NOT work.
I contacted Samsung figuring the unit is messed up some how. I sent it in to their service center and the THEY said that the unit is just fine and that the HDMI PCB on my TV must be bad.
[scratches head]
But if the PCB for the HDMI is bad then why would the Apple TV HDMI work on that input?
Anyways....
Upon getting it back from the service center, I plugged the Blu-Ray Player back into the Samsung TV and the audio still wouldn't work. I then plugged it into the TV downstairs and it worked fine.
Some background: Both TVs (Samsung LCD-32 inches, Panasonic Plasma-58 inches) are easily 10 years old, the Apple TV is only about 1 year old, the Samsung Blu-Ray player is about 1 month old, I've tried different HDMI cables.
I was thinking that maybe the HDMI pcbs on the Samsung have gone bad but the Apple TV works with them.
Has there been a huge leap in HDMI cables or something? Are there different types/levels of HDMI cables?
If anyone could shed some light here, I'd be super grateful.
Thanks
I bought a Samsung Blu-Ray player about a month ago (model BD-J5700/ZA). Plugging it into my Samsung 32inch LCD TV with HDMI it was working fine. After about a week or 2 the audio stopped working. No audio at all.
Just the audio, as the video was fine.
Trying to make sure the problem wasn't the HDMI input on the TV I switch out the blu-ray with my Apple TV (4th gen) and got just fine playback (audio and video) on the same input of the TV.
I switched the devices between all 3 HDMI inputs on the TV. Regardless of the input the audio on the blu-ray player would NOT work.
I contacted Samsung figuring the unit is messed up some how. I sent it in to their service center and the THEY said that the unit is just fine and that the HDMI PCB on my TV must be bad.
[scratches head]
But if the PCB for the HDMI is bad then why would the Apple TV HDMI work on that input?
Anyways....
Upon getting it back from the service center, I plugged the Blu-Ray Player back into the Samsung TV and the audio still wouldn't work. I then plugged it into the TV downstairs and it worked fine.
Some background: Both TVs (Samsung LCD-32 inches, Panasonic Plasma-58 inches) are easily 10 years old, the Apple TV is only about 1 year old, the Samsung Blu-Ray player is about 1 month old, I've tried different HDMI cables.
I was thinking that maybe the HDMI pcbs on the Samsung have gone bad but the Apple TV works with them.
Has there been a huge leap in HDMI cables or something? Are there different types/levels of HDMI cables?
If anyone could shed some light here, I'd be super grateful.
Thanks