HDMI connections
 

I'm looking at buy the Samsung UE32H6400 Smart 3D 32" LED TV.

On the Back are 4 hdmi ports

1 has STB,

1 has ARC

1 is blank

1 has DVI

I've worked out the V+ box goes to STB, a pc to DVI, can I plug an Xbox One into ARC, and a Xbox 360 into the blank, or should I use something else?

Re: HDMI connections
 

do you have a HDMI amp?

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Yes you can, but it doesn't really matter.

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I use my amp as a switch everything goes to my amp and I out to ARC . Works a treat that is why I asked about the amp

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I don't have an amp, I'm just looking at upgrading my TV from a 22" to a 32" (size restrictions due to space) and I have 3 HDMI devices, and one with Component.

I guess the HDMI DVI port is video only?

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ARC is audio return channel or something, just a port with an extra feature of being able to send sounds out from the TV to something like an av receiver/amp. Just gives you the extra feature if you have something like that connected, otherwise it just works as a normal hdmi port.

So plug the xbox's in to whichever port you want :)

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I'm 80% sure on my samsung tv I have got sound through that port before but wont be able to check for sure until I get home later. It will probably depend on your pc's graphics card and internal connections as to if it will work.

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The "HDMI (DVI)" port is the only HDMI port that works with a DVI>HDMI connection, but that does not mean it does not still work with a normal HDMI>HDMI connection. There's no audio if the other end is DVI, but that doesn't mean you can't use it with something else with audio with HDMI at the other end.

If it was video only, and aimed solely at connecting the DVI output from a PC, they'd just stick an actual DVI port on there instead.


Manuals:

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...0507141738434/[UH6400-XU]BN68-05815A-02ENG-0401.pdf

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...0314133917415/[ENG]X14DVBEUH-1.104-0312.pdf

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I have this memory of a GFX card that did send audio via DVI it shipped with a DVI to HDMI socket and my memory swears it carried audio

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this clearly shows HDMI audio support is supplied to the DVI

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTQ4MDE

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and here is an adapter for the job http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/pro...5k-series.html

it also shows AMD had support for it as far back as the 3000 series cards

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All HDMI ports include sound.

DVI can also be hacked to include/support sound.

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Ok all installed, but some of the HD channels have no sound, any ideas?

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Go to audio settings on tivo and turn off dolby

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Its a V+ but ill have a look

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Cheers I turned off HDMI audio override off and it appears to have worked

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Well I plugged my Xbox 360 into the HDMI (DVI) port and sound comes out, which means I don't have to plug in the splitter when I get the 3D Blu-Ray player.

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Ok regarding the 3D Blu-Ray player, would a standard HDMI cable work or do I need a high-speed cable / high-speed with Ethernet?

I ask because the website says "A 3D-capable HDMI cable"

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HDMI V1.4 For 3d and ethernet upto 100megs.