My blu ray player only has HDMI out. Can I use this cable to go direct from my Blu Ray to my Component in my HD TV? Or do I need a converter too?
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If you have component out on your blu ray you can.I use it to go from my Sat receiver to my tv because lightning took out my HDMI ports on my tv.The picture is as good as with my HDMI.I don't have Blu Ray though...so I can't say if it would be noticeably different for you.
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No this will not work for you. You can however try this cable and it should work. eForCity 538581 HDMI to 5 RCA Cable, 5-Feet
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No this will not work for you. You can however try this cable and it should work. http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-538581-HDMI-Cable-5-Feet/dp/B005QWH4QA
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I can't say whether this TV model is being fazed out. It will work fine after the switch to digital TV. My guess is that it does not have an HDMI port because there's no reason for it to have one. What would you use the HDMI port for? It already has a DVD player built-in. It's so small you wouldn't want to spend $200+ to connect a Blu-Ray Player to it, or a home theater system. Regular cable doesn't require HDMI (though HD Cable might, but are you going to pay to rent a Digital Cable Box for a tiny TV?).
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No. The orange cable is not an optical/fiber optic cable cable (Toslink). The Toslink cable has to connect to a Toslink connection at each end. The Orange receptacle has to use a matching orange receptacle on both ends (it is basically a copper wire connection, digital output from the Blu-Ray to digital input at the AV receiver). The Blue Ray Player probably also has an HDMI 'out' connection. If your AV receiver has an HDMI 'in' connection, this is the best way to go. Cheers,
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Correct. If you want to hook up your own speakers, you have to use audio outs on either your cable box or blu ray player. Keep in mind that the latest models of blu rays dont have component outputs anymore either. There's only one hdmi output on this epson. I just bought an hdmi audio extractor from amazon which allows you to split the hdmi and gives you audio outs for speakers. Havent tried it yet but learned about through other people's reviews.
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Assuming your blu ray player has, in addition to its HDMI port, component jacks as well I would think so.
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Since the only signal you need to send to the unit is audio, the only input connections you care about are 2 analog (RCA to 3.5mm or 3.5mm to RCA) and 2 digital (Digital Optical or Digital Coaxial). Digital gives you a better quality sound, but I would send the digital audio directly from the source (Receiver or Blu-Ray player) and not the TV. For best results, I use a fiber optic (Toslink) cable from Blu-ray player to Sound bar.
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Your cable box will only provide up to 5.1 dolby digital output depending on the type of connection (either optical or HDMI), if you are using an analog L-R connection you will only get stereo. Depending on the age of your blu-ray player it may or may not pass DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI. You will need to read the owners manual of your blu-ray player to see if it will pass DTS HD, if so you will need to set the audio settings in the player to send it to the receiver to decode. If your blu-ray player will not pass DTS-HD over HDMI but will decode DTS-HD Master Audio internally you can set the player to output PCM via HDMI, in that case it will only show up on the display of the receiver as PCM but will in fact be DTS HD.
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What about audio? Specifically, if I have the STR-dg810 as my receiver. I have Blu Ray DVD and HD sat receiver, both of them would use the HDMI connection. However, I also have a Wii I woud like to connect, but Wii only has component video out. So, I should connect the Wii component video out directly to the TV as the receiver won't up convert the signal to use the HDMI out port. Does this also mean the receiver won't pass through the Wii audio to my speaker system? Am I stuck with only having Wii audio via my TV's speakers?
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No. The orange cable is not an optical/fiber optic cable cable (Toslink). The Toslink cable has to connect to a Toslink connection at each end.The Orange receptacle has to use a matching orange receptacle on both ends (it is basically a copper wire connection, digital output from the Blu-Ray to digital input at the AV receiver).The Blue Ray Player probably also has an HDMI 'out' connection. If your AV receiver has an HDMI 'in' connection, this is the best way to go.Cheers,
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Use the optical out on your player and the optical cable that comes with the soundbar. Don't forget to take the plastic covers off of the optical cables first. If your blu-ray doesn't have an optical out, buy a different sound bar.
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If I understand your question correctly, if you connect your component in cord (red, blue, green) from, say, your dvd player to the receiver, the receiver will upconvert the picture to your tv using hdmi out from receiver to your television. Hope this helps.
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No. This is specifically for HDMI to RCA. Meaning a blu-Ray player to a TV that only has a Yellow Video in port and does not have an HDMI port.
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I guess that depends of your receiver this only transform your rca or component wii connection to hdmi with usually to 1080 but this is not true, bit works for me, because my tv didn't have rca or component only hdmi
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Could you please be more specific? What if I just go straight from the blu-ray player to my Sony Bravia with a HDMI cable? How does the receiver enter into the mix? I am not seeing any upscaling either.
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Clarification-A. The blu ray is a 3D player.B. Is it better to: (1) Hook the DVD player to the receiver and then the TV to the receiver (i.e., everything running through the receiver), or (2) Hook the DVD player to the TV and then the TV to the receiver, or (3) some other better quality configuration?
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Or if you have a BLU Ray player you can get the HD picture but you have to have another HDMI Port to connect the second end of the cable to . This can be on other devices as well like streaming media players, xbox, play stations, laptops etc as they can deliver the crisp picture as well.
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Hello from Mediabridge... Joshua, I saw your question and thought I would answer since Amazon doesn't typically respond to discussion board posts. HDMI cables are used to connect compatible components such as television and dvd player. HDMI cables will provide digital audio and up to 1080p throughput if they are "High Speed" rated. If you have a 1080p television and a Blu-Ray player, you should be using an HDMI cable to connect them, yes. Be prepared to be amazed. 1080p pictures are breathtaking if you haven't seen them before.