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PS3 Hook-Up HELP?
Alec
Louisville, KYRegistered User regular
Louisville, KYRegistered User regular
HAY DOODZ I need some helpz.
Anyway, my buddy has a PS3, but a terrible HDTV. She is using an HDMI to DVI cable, and plugging the DVI end into her TV (obviously). But DVI doesn't transmit audio...is there such thing as an HDMI to DVI cable that also splits off into RCA (White\Red) plugs?
I read on another forum, after some Googling, that hooking the normal cables to use RCA and using HDMI for video at the same time would work, but she couldn't get it to.
Anyway, my buddy has a PS3, but a terrible HDTV. She is using an HDMI to DVI cable, and plugging the DVI end into her TV (obviously). But DVI doesn't transmit audio...is there such thing as an HDMI to DVI cable that also splits off into RCA (White\Red) plugs?
I read on another forum, after some Googling, that hooking the normal cables to use RCA and using HDMI for video at the same time would work, but she couldn't get it to.
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Hope that helps.
After looking up various rare (and expensive) digital Toslink to analog RCA converters, I think her best bet would be to buy a good surround sound system and use the digital output that the PS3 can push.
However, she has both component and HDMI (to DVI) hooked up to the same TV, and swears there is a massive difference when switching between the two.
Thanks for the help!
HDMI 1.3's audio advances are mostly to do with True HD lossless audio transmission I thought.
This is true. In fact, you can still get the newer HD audio formats with the older HDMI spec if your equpiment supports the use of PCM. From the FAQ on the hdmi.org site:
"Q: Do I need v1.3 HDMI to hear the new Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master HD audio content on HD-DVD or BluRay players?
No. HDMI has the flexibility to transport these new high definition, lossless audio formats in either an uncompressed PCM stream, or as an encoded stream. PCM stands for Pulse-code modulation and it is a standard way to encode digital audio in computers, consumer electronics, CDs, DVDs, etc. Both Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD, as well as DTS Master HD bitstreams are transportable over all versions of HDMI as decoded PCM. HDMI supports the highest quality uncompressed PCM audio at 192kHz, 24 bits per sample.
To use PCM outputs, consumers should make sure that their HD- DVD/BluRay players support the decoding of the HD audio formats into multi-channel PCM, and that their AV receiver or preamp processor supports multi-channel PCM over the HDMI inputs. Consult your user manual/product spec. sheet to determine whether your device supports such PCM capabilities (we believe that nearly all HD-DVD and BluRay players will, but users should confirm this). Devices that support HDMI v1.3 and higher may also offer the option to transport the high definition audio formats as a compressed, encoded stream that will be decoded by the AV receiver (whereas the above transport method has the playback device performing the decoding)."
To answer your question, you'll have to use the optical audio output with HDMI->DVI, or go to component and the L/R RCA analogs.