KoRnGtL15Premium
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR | WiiU has no digital optical sound port! Really Nintendo? WTF was they thinking? That is pretty standard and so many people use that. They expect people to play it through tv speakers?!?!? Unless you have a receiver that has hdmi. You are sol it seems. |
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 carpRejected
join:2002-10-30 | WOW! good to know, thanks! |
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 MuDvAyNePremium
join:2002-03-02
Brooklyn, NY | reply to KoRnGtL15
Nintendo is always behind in technology. This is no surprise. It's like Apple really.
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 VoodooPremium
join:2001-05-04
Mount Arlington, NJ | reply to KoRnGtL15
I'm no audiophile but when I bought my sound system a few years back it seemed like all of the receivers I looked at have HDMI nowadays no?
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 danawhitakerSpace...The Final FrontierPremium
join:2002-03-02
Urbandale, IA
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I actually play all game audio through my TV. I don't have a receiver. It's a non-issue for me. I can see how it would bug some people, but the majority of gamers that I know do not have receivers. They connect their consoles directly to the TV, or, one of those cheap-o system switchers from Gamestop. |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4
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said by MuDvAyNe:Nintendo is always behind in technology. This is no surprise. It's like Apple really.
So since they didn't include technology from 10 years ago they are behind? It has HDMI, how is that putting them behind in technology? |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Tempe, AZ | reply to KoRnGtL15
If anything, it sounds like it is time for you to update your receiver then. Then again, wasn't there like some adapter for this kinda stuff? HDMI on one end,l but then would have the optical/coax out on the other for the audio portion?
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JBear
join:2005-02-24
canada | Is there some video degradation when passing through a receiver? If so I can see the advantage of having HDMI straight to TV and Optical to the receiver. |
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Tempe, AZ | I could see this being an argument from analog sources (e.g. everything up to Component Video and VGA), but it seems like you'd have to try in order to fuck up a digital connection like HDMI or DVI 
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 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2
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said by JBear:Is there some video degradation when passing through a receiver?
No, there is not. It's all digital, baby.
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 BonezXBasement DwellerPremium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | reply to C0deZer0
my tv has HDMI in, and optical out, lets think about that for a second. |
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Tempe, AZ | Strangely though, I've also encountered some TV's that for some reason, even with optical will only output audio in stereo. Bizarre, innit?
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 ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | reply to BonezX
said by BonezX:my tv has HDMI in, and optical out, lets think about that for a second.
The optical out is usually for the built in QAM/ATSC tuner. Some TVs will also mix down other HDMI/analog sources to the optical out so you don't need a separate full-fledged receiver.
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to KoRnGtL15
Most people with consoles still use their tv speakers.
Luckily I have a set up that lets me use the hdmi sound to get 5.1 out of my system. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to ptrowski
said by ptrowski:said by MuDvAyNe:Nintendo is always behind in technology. This is no surprise. It's like Apple really.
So since they didn't include technology from 10 years ago they are behind? It has HDMI, how is that putting them behind in technology? I assume the WiiU has ONE HDMI port. And since that one has to go to the TV how can you plug a HMDI cord into a sound receiver? |
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darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| said by BF69:said by ptrowski:said by MuDvAyNe:Nintendo is always behind in technology. This is no surprise. It's like Apple really.
So since they didn't include technology from 10 years ago they are behind? It has HDMI, how is that putting them behind in technology? I assume the WiiU has ONE HDMI port. And since that one has to go to the TV how can you plug a HMDI cord into a sound receiver? Why wouldn't you connect it like this: WiiU => Receiver => TV -- I mean, that's how my Wii, PS3, Roku, and HTPC are all connected to my one TV... with just one HDMI port on the TV in use.
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BonezXBasement DwellerPremium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | reply to Thinkdiff
said by Thinkdiff:said by BonezX:my tv has HDMI in, and optical out, lets think about that for a second.
The optical out is usually for the built in QAM/ATSC tuner. Some TVs will also mix down other HDMI/analog sources to the optical out so you don't need a separate full-fledged receiver. last i tested mine sources all audio out through optical if it's connected. |
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 Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by ptrowski:said by MuDvAyNe:Nintendo is always behind in technology. This is no surprise. It's like Apple really.
So since they didn't include technology from 10 years ago they are behind? It has HDMI, how is that putting them behind in technology? I assume the WiiU has ONE HDMI port. And since that one has to go to the TV how can you plug a HMDI cord into a sound receiver? my receiver (Denon AVR-1612)
It has a HDMI out which goes to the TV and 4 HDMI inputs for whatever source, given HDMI can do audio and video on the same cable it's not an issue.
For the TV I do have an optical cable hooked to my receiver.
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4 Reviews:
·VOIPo
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Easily. It plugs into my receiver just like the Xbox, Playstation etc does and the receiver switches from there. All my HDMI components go into the receiver and one HDMI goes to the tv.
Or you could run HDMI to the tv and the tv to the receiver. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
kudos:4 | reply to Subaru
Using optical over HDMI makes zero sense. |
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