*** THE OFFICIAL HOME THEATER & AUDIO THREAD**

[ruffneck_12]

Im still a purist though

I'd rather true surround sound with speakers behind an ting

atmos might be overkill with 11.4.2 an ting , but 7.1 seems to be the sweet spot. 5.1 is adequate.

[gastly369]

I wanted to take a jab of the klipsch in pricemart... Price decent

[david12]

^^^I believe it was around $1200. Heard the sub in that Pro media 2.1 system supposed to be a good performer.

That's if we thinking about the same thing

[SR]

Pmart klipch sound bar is a good price

I belive its the 400 series

I have the 600 series setup and the 8"sub is more than enough for movies and music

[matix]

[ruffneck_12]

tbh if you buying klipsch, better to go by the dealers instead of Pricemart.

Pricemart will always bring the B stock mass buyout inventory

Streamline etc might have better ones, idk meen check out which ones they have yet. Plus they'd have better warranty

[matix]

tbh if you buying klipsch, better to go by the dealers instead of Pricemart.

Pricemart will always bring the B stock mass buyout inventory

Streamline etc might have better ones, idk meen check out which ones they have yet. Plus they'd have better warranty

Who’s the dealer?

[Gladiator]

tbh if you buying klipsch, better to go by the dealers instead of Pricemart.

Pricemart will always bring the B stock mass buyout inventory

Streamline etc might have better ones, idk meen check out which ones they have yet. Plus they'd have better warranty

Who’s the dealer?

Streamline Systems

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Soundbars have come a long way yes

Back when this thread started I would have said the only way to have a home theater was with a component 5.1 or 7.2 setup

But now soundbars, particularly ones with subwoofers sound really great, are much simpler to set up and use and many are THX and Dolby certified.

They also take away the drama of having to turn on and control an audio receiver etc that come with a component system.

Soundbars like Sonos have smart home features like whole house audio and work with Alexa etc.

My 600 was pain to set up with the app...but it worked out well...connectivity was the main issue...I called veltronics for the sub.....man tell me 7k yes
....I'm gonna walk that sheit through customs

[Humes]

I just got a new Hisense 55U7G. Cool TV. It's hooked up to a PC.

I still have my old Onkyo HT-S3400. It doesn't do 4K. No problem. HDMI straight from PC to TV.

I want the Onkyo audio, though. Can I pass audio through the TV to the receiver and keep making use of those speakers?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

I just got a new Hisense 55U7G. Cool TV. It's hooked up to a PC.

I still have my old Onkyo HT-S3400. It doesn't do 4K. No problem. HDMI straight from PC to TV.

I want the Onkyo audio, though. Can I pass audio through the TV to the receiver and keep making use of those speakers?

You can either use the optical/digital out from the HiSense 55U7G to the optical input on the Onkyo using an optical cable
Amazon link: https://amzn.to/3Ia80KE
However digital/optical can't support the bandwidth on 5.1 needed for Dolby and HD audio.
Read more on that here https://www.sfcable.com/blog/hdmi-vs-op ... h-consider

Or
You can get an HDMI 1 into 2 splitter and connect it to the PC via HDMI and then one HDMI out cable to the TV and the other HDMI out to the Onkyo.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HXFARS/re ... =3ne2nr-20

[Humes]

Cool, thanks!

Kinda considering just letting it go and getting a soundbar, though. We'll see.

[Humes]

Or
You can get an HDMI 1 into 2 splitter and connect it to the PC via HDMI and then one HDMI out cable to the TV and the other HDMI out to the Onkyo.

It will push signal to both devices simultaneously? The product description makes it sound like only one of the out devices can run at a time.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Or
You can get an HDMI 1 into 2 splitter and connect it to the PC via HDMI and then one HDMI out cable to the TV and the other HDMI out to the Onkyo.

It will push signal to both devices simultaneously? The product description makes it sound like only one of the out devices can run at a time.

An HDMI splitter will push the signal to both devices simultaneously.
An HDMI switch will push it to one at a time.

HDMI splitters are what they use in Pricesmart and Courts etc to show the same video on all the TVs on display.

[paid_influencer]

yea dah link is for an HDMI switch not a splitter. both link is the same too so probably he need to edit it

question. i did a quick google and it seems your the television supports audio return chanbel (ARC) and so does your receiver systems. could you not use that

[Humes]

question. i did a quick google and it seems your the television supports audio return chanbel (ARC) and so does your receiver systems. could you not use that

I suspected so. I will try it tomorrow after I get a few new cables.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

yeah I edited it
Seems it can't split 4K 120hz
So that 1 into 2 4K 120hz is a switch and not a splitter

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

question. i did a quick google and it seems your the television supports audio return chanbel (ARC) and so does your receiver systems. could you not use that

I suspected so. I will try it tomorrow after I get a few new cables.

eARC will work for him on his 4K TV if the receiver can also do 4k, but it can't.

Can give it a try though

[Humes]

The ARC didn't work, and I'm definitely leaning towards an alternative to a receiver.

[Humes]

Got it working with ARC. It uses the HDMI Out port for ARC, which I didn't even consider. Had to change a few other settings on the receiver itself (after looking up the manual), and set passthrough on the TV, and it works fine now.

Glad about that!

[paid_influencer]

just jack it in bro heh heh uh heh heh

[paid_influencer]

also big props to you for reading the manual. you know how many people does go years and years with things not working but never read the manual

[DMan7]

Have you all tried chaining multiple HDMI splitters? The out HDMI port on one splitter goes to the in HDMI port on another thereby increasing the total ports overall to connect more devices? I think certain hotels does this in guest rooms to control what guests watch on their TV's through one video source.

[gastly369]

Got the epson co-fh02 on sale recently from amazon with ceiling mount
on a 120inch screen
Bose companion audio
The 3000 lumen more than sufficient where i use it on eco mode ever since

Good budget fun.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ sweet!

Got it working with ARC. It uses the HDMI Out port for ARC, which I didn't even consider. Had to change a few other settings on the receiver itself (after looking up the manual), and set passthrough on the TV, and it works fine now.

Glad about that!

Nice!
I googled the TV and didn't notice the HDMI OUT port either!

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

also big props to you for reading the manual. you know how many people does go years and years with things not working but never read the manual

RTFM

[Humes]

So I upgraded to the Denon S570BT.

My PC is connected via HDMI to the game port on the AVR, and my TV is connected to the AVR via the 120hz eARC port. I'm using these HDMI 2.1 cables, rated for 4K120.

I've set everything up, audio is working, but video at both 4K and 1440p is limited to 60hz.

The old Onkyo with HDMI 1.4 cables was able to do 1440p at 120hz. Main difference there was that I connected the PC directly to one of the TV's 120hz ports, then connected the receiver to the eARC port. (I upgraded because I was getting audio latency with some games.)

I've enabled Enhanced HDMI on the TV, and 8K Enhanced on the AVR.

I overlooking anything here?

[paid_influencer]

have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in

sometimes that works

[Humes]

I did. Rebooted the PC too.

I have the PC directly connected to the TV now via the new cable, and it's doing 4K120. So I'll likely need to change something with how I set up the AVR.

[DMan7]

have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in

sometimes that works

Ahhh boi see we have an IT Crowd fan in here.