Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound in All things Macintosh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20455934 en Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:02:01 EDT Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:02:01 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458883 Count Zero : Sure do - my Onkyo does full 1080p upconversion from any source (granted I only have a 720p TV).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458883 Fri, 09 May 2008 19:57:38 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458569 dave49er : I have a Samsung LCD with an Xbox 360, and the HDMI works fine, except that the TV doesn't recognize it when switching inputs unless the Xbox 360 is powered on. If it isn't powered on, the TV will skip right past that input. It doesn't do that for anything else, though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458569 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:36:26 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458398 MacLeech :
said by thorgod See Profile :

I haven't tried different cables (because the bastards are expensive!
Check again on those cable prices:
»www.monoprice.com/products/subde···id=10240
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458398 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:54:23 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458361 thorgod : Hmm...come to think, my LG has some issues 'seeing' the HDMI signal at first. I haven't tried different cables (because the bastards are expensive!), but I'd always assumed it was a cable problem before it was a TV/Apple TV issue. (Mind you, I bought the expensive gold/silver HDMI cable...) So, who knows! I find it appalling that there would be any issues with a connection standard that's supposed to be vastly superior to the old RCA cables.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458361 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:45:09 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20457459 HiVolt :
said by Count Zero See Profile :

My setup is exactly the opposite :)

Run everything through the receiver and then single output to TV.
Yeah that's a great way to do it, provided you have a relatively new receiver with HDMI switching...
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Run everything through the receiver and then single output to TV.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456450 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:14:33 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456387 macaholic : the idea was to run all HDMI through the TV and via single digital out on TV get to the receiver. Worked very well with old TV.. a little disappointed about this issue.

Will
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You aren't running your AppleTV through a receive I am guessing?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456300 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:52:07 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456235 macaholic :
said by Count Zero See Profile :

Have any other products had trouble with those TVs? PS3s or XBox 360s or BluRay players? Just wondering.
some folks reported issues with PS3's but that seemed to have been a while ago.... like I said Apple acknowledges the HDMI port has issues with Samsungs no real complaints from Sharp users found. My PS3 works find with the TV same HDMI ports.

Will
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"You don't subject minority rights to a referendum." Justice Minister Irwin Cotler of Canada]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456235 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:42:43 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456084 Count Zero : Have any other products had trouble with those TVs? PS3s or XBox 360s or BluRay players? Just wondering.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456084 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:20:13 EDT Re: Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20456034 macaholic : Yes, gotta get me some optical cable to check it out... still HDMI should work. Its getting tiring running into all these little "oopsies" just about in every Apple product line these days... not enough to make me give up but enough to annoy.

Will
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GOLF LEAFS GOLF!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20455981 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:07:16 EDT Apple TV , HDMI and lack of digital sound http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20455934 macaholic : I have 2 Apple TV's that are not getting along with my new Sharp LCD TV. Users, of Samsungs seem to have this complaint as well. When I use HDMI to connect to the Apple TV the picture is great but sound seems to be a no go. Now this does not happen on my older LCD but I'd figure I'd ask if anyone encountered this and if they ever resolve it...

Btw, Apple as of April/08 has been telling Samsung users to use the component video output with the left right sound connected as well until they figure this minor inconvenience out.

Will
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