| [TV] HDMI Connection to HD/DVR Box - FIOS TV Guys please note this... this answers my question.
This is directly from Verizon FIOS Fiber Solutions:
If you use the HDMI you will NOT be able to utilize Digital Coax or Optical. This is a hardware limitation of the STB and has been sent to Motorola. If you want true DD and to use your Home Entertainment Center and/or AV Receiver... you must use the Component Video and Digital Coax or Optical. No word on when Motorola will get this resolved.
Happy Holidays...
Ronnie |
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| How on earth does Verizon approve the MOT unit without this as a core requirement? |
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| said by HaloBox:How on earth does Verizon approve the MOT unit without this as a core requirement? I agree... this has been the most frustrating few days I have had in a long time. I cannot believe I have gone through all of this only to find out it is a limitation of the STB. PLUS... the cost of the HDMI cable. I only had an HDMI to DVI. |
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| I really wish they had been wrong about this, However, I just went home and tested the Component Video and Optical... my blue light came on immediately and it is decoding just like it should... would really like to use the HDMI... but guess that isn't going to happen for a while.
I am not mad at Verizon... cause these guys have been busting their butts trying to resolve my issue. I agree with HaloBox in that this should have been caught when they were testing the STB's. I am a little upset that I have spent three days pulling my hair out trying to find out what was going on... oh well... it's kept me busy. |
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nheyPremium
join:2005-11-19
Trenton, NJ | Can't you get DD5.1 using the HDMI output PLUS the optical output?
HDMI does NOT carry DD5.1. It is not part of the current specification.
I have the DTC-6412 box, version III, supplied by Comcast, and I use the HDMI directly to my Qualia 006 and Optical output to my receiver. |
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nheyPremium
join:2005-11-19
Trenton, NJ | Ronnie,
Just saw your other thread. Try connecting the HDMI directly to your set and not through your receiver, and the optical to your reciever. If that doesn't work then the box does have a glitch, which is surprising since the sister model, the DTC-6412 is fine with Comcast. |
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| said by nhey:Ronnie, Just saw your other thread. Try connecting the HDMI directly to your set and not through your receiver, and the optical to your reciever. If that doesn't work then the box does have a glitch, which is surprising since the sister model, the DTC-6412 is fine with Comcast. Thanks nhey... it is a glitch with the box. Thanks for your input. |
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said by nhey:Can't you get DD5.1 using the HDMI output PLUS the optical output? HDMI does NOT carry DD5.1. It is not part of the current specification. It's interesting that Dolby isn't mentioned anywhere in the HDMI v1.2 spec down-loadable from »www.hdmi.org/download/HDMI_Speci···_1.2.pdf
But, the Dolby guys mention HDMI quite prominently at »www.dolby.com/consumer/technolog···lus.html
I guess I was under the impression the preferred distribution method was HDMI from the STB to the AV receiver then loop the audio and video back to the HDTV to avoid any lip sync issues. I guess that's still a pipe dream right now. |
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to Ronnie1055
I think there's a inexpensive HDMI switch that has a optical output to the receiver..
Swear I seen it.
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NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to Ronnie1055
Bleh it's a reciever 999 and up..
Nice features such as analog to hdmi conversion so I guess a dvd player could be switched through the receiver to the hdmi port..
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 53059959Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | though this is probably the wrong thread to say this, but whats the big deal about hdmi? full 1920x1080 resolution can easily travel across component with the same quality |
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| CoxCable4...
All comments and opinions are welcome. I think it is more the point of the matter. We should be able to use whatever we choose. I wouldn't have purchased a HDMI cable if I knew it wouldn't work with my A/V system. |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX | reply to 53059959
said by 53059959:though this is probably the wrong thread to say this, but whats the big deal about hdmi? full 1920x1080 resolution can easily travel across component with the same quality HDMI is digital whereas YCbCr component signaling is analog. When connecting a digital source such as an MPEG decoder in an STB to an inherently digital display device such as an LCD, a D-to-A conversion followed by an A-to-D conversion is bound to add undesirable artifacts. Therefore, I would have thought that HDMI would be highly preferred over component. |
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| WHy does everyone want this damn HDMI crap? Hidden under the better picture quality is a copyright scheme, that will enable Hollywood to further dwindle our fair rights. Google....define:HDMI |
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53059959Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | reply to DMS1
said by DMS1:HDMI is digital whereas YCbCr component signaling is analog. When connecting a digital source such as an MPEG decoder in an STB to an inherently digital display device such as an LCD, a D-to-A conversion followed by an A-to-D conversion is bound to add undesirable artifacts. Therefore, I would have thought that HDMI would be highly preferred over component. I know that, but every tv (including mine) that i've looked at I see 0.0 difference in the type of cable used |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX | reply to chaser7016
said by chaser7016 :
WHy does everyone want this damn HDMI crap? Hidden under the better picture quality is a copyright scheme, that will enable Hollywood to further dwindle our fair rights. Google....define:HDMI
They want it for the reason I gave above - to keep the signal path from source to screen as pure as possible.
Given that some form of rights management will be inevitable in the future, I would much rather have a well-defined out-of-band signalling system such as HDCP (used by HDMI) than some botched-together system that can actually effect the picture quality such as Macrovision. |
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | reply to 53059959
I'm trying to figure out why anyone is complainig about DRM interface not working? Seriously? |
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I've seen some subtle differences from Component vs HDMI. I thought HDMI was for Digital and protected content. I should read up on it. I would love one cable, preferably small and not limited in length, and contains both video, audio and any other information.
Still, how did VZ miss this? Or is this like the Motorola Phones that VZW sells: crippleware. Pay to unlock the feature...
Hope Motorola fixes this, fast. I want my FIOS TV |
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Why do ppl want HDMI So much? I rather prefer suing the industry for closing the analogue hole and instead make them provide a Digital Connection without any copy protection |
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I hope the DD out works when you use the 1394 connection. Thats how I would like to hook FIOS tv up to my Mitsubishi HDtv. Crawling into my home theater cabinet and only plugging in one cable would be extremely nice for a change. |
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