How have you wired your AV receiver?

Django x2

Django x2

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Just a question.

Is it more sensible to have each unit (HTPC, xbox) connected via HDMI to the AV receiver then one HDMI from the AV receiver to the TV?

I have seen some people on AV forum go HDMI from HTPC to the TV and from xbox to the TV then go optical from each to the AV receiver.

What are your thoughts?
 
All mine is done by a HDMI conection in this order.


Ps3 80gb, Sony BDP760, Sky plus HD, >HDMI IN> Onkyo TX-NR906, >HDMI OUT> Pioneer PDPLX6090
 
All my components go to my amp via HDMI apart from my SkyHD box as SkyHD doesnt have DD over HDMI and my amp cant use both optical and HDMI inputs at the same time (last time I checked any way).
Then my Amp connects to the TV, its all controlled with a Harmony 885 making it a seamless affair.
 
everything except my wii which really annoyingly doesnt have HDMI into my denon AVR 4306 which is outputted to my Panny TX-P46G10....can't see why you'd want to daisychain it :s
 
my bluray,ps3,360 all hdmi into amp then one hdmi to tv.

Sky Hd i run hdmi straight to tv so people other then me dont have to mess around with the av amp to get normal tv. I also run an optical cable into av amp from the sky hd box in case there's a film or something i want to watch with good audio.
 
It depends whether you want your AV receiver on all the time.

Sometimes you just want to use the TV alone, and save the "big sound" for "special occasions" - I found that by using the AV receiver for everything, it gave less impact than when I used it for movies, as I was too used to it.

The advantages of wiring everything through the AV receiver is that you don't have to change inputs on both the AV receiver AND the TV.
 
one hdmi cable from the amp to the tv is the simplest solution imo

Older componants can still be plugged straight into the tv if necessary (if you have run out of hdmi inputs on the av amp)

It also causes less confusion imo if you have only one volume control (on the amp) - and totally ignore (turn to zero) the vol on the tv so all inputs have a constant volume, if you have componants not all going via the amp this isnt possible
 
Lewist said:
my bluray,ps3,360 all hdmi into amp then one hdmi to tv.

Sky Hd i run hdmi straight to tv so people other then me dont have to mess around with the av amp to get normal tv. I also run an optical cable into av amp from the sky hd box in case there's a film or something i want to watch with good audio.
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Confused said:
It depends whether you want your AV receiver on all the time.

Sometimes you just want to use the TV alone, and save the "big sound" for "special occasions" - I found that by using the AV receiver for everything, it gave less impact than when I used it for movies, as I was too used to it.

The advantages of wiring everything through the AV receiver is that you don't have to change inputs on both the AV receiver AND the TV.
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I don't know how you guys can do that, I personally can't watch TV with inbuilt speakers anymore, I end up having to turn it up way louder to just to pick things out....find it really stressful if that makes sense, listening to it via my proper speakers makes it far easier on the ears, and it's not just me that says that! My gf really despises watching TV without speakers and she really isnt into the whole AV thing like I am.
 
Got my stuff all running through my amp, well except my pc as it doesnt have a hdmi port and I prefer to just run it via vga. Think the people that chuck the hdmi's into the tv directly want it so they dont have to have the receiver on all the time?
 
Think the people that chuck the hdmi's into the tv directly want it so they dont have to have the receiver on all the time?
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This. It's just easier most of the time. Especially if you dont want people (women and children mostly) fiddling about with your av amp when they just want to watch tv and they are in your house.
 
You might also want to chuck all your HDMIs at the TV if you've got different display settings for each device.

Saves you having to change the input profile when you switch device (or you might get around it by sticking to one profile).
 
I've got going into the amp:

Sky HD - HDMI
Blu-Ray - HDMI
Games consoles (PS3, Wii, Xbox) via component

Then it's all sent to the TV via HDMI

Edit: This way it limits the number of cables going to the TV as the cables run through the wall.
 
All mine is done by a HDMI conection in this order.


PS3 80gb, Sky plus HD, >HDMI IN> Onkyo TX-876, >HDMI OUT Main> Optoma HD700 Projector HDMI OUT SUB > to nothing at the mo :p
 
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