Alright, so this will be my first time getting a surround sound system, and I know absolutely nothing about how all of this works. So, from the advice of a friend, I was looking at getting this: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-THX-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1232414652&sr=8-1 system. I don't need anything really good, since its just for my bedroom. Anyways, I plan on getting my digital cable box, 360, wii, and ps3 set up with surround sound. This is where I'm not sure what I'm gonna be doing.. I was wondering if instead of hooking up each of the consoles to the system separately, would I be able to just use the digital output port in the back of my TV, and have that the only cable going to the surround sound system instead of switching each time I wanna change what I play? I asked some friends, and I've got mixed answers, some said that the sound quality wouldn't be as good, and others said that would work just fine. Here's a crappy drawing I made too to show exactly what I wanna do http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4715/66585932uk4.jpg certainly isn't the greatest drawing, but gets my point across I guess xD
What TV do you have? If you get the right surround receiver you could do that. In your drawing swap the TV, and the surround. If you give me the TV, and model I will check it out and let you know if it can be done your way.
I got an Olevia 242-S11. From what I've read though from searching through various sites, it doesn't seem like I can? One of the places I read the the only TV's the really support it are the newer ones, and I bought that one last year during black friday. Hopefully I'm wrong, though thanks a lot!
I'm sorry, I couldn't find any spec's on that unit, so I will have to ask you to check for me. 1. How many HMDI inputs? 2. How many HMDI outputs? This is important!
err..did you mean HDMI? I looked through everything on my TV and couldn't see anything that said HMDI. This: http://www.olevia.com/en-us/Products/2Series/242TLCDHDTV.aspx seems to be my TV, though, and it looks like it has all the specs for it there
Oops. Yes I did, sorry. The spec's from that link show 2 HDMI, 2 component, and 2 composite inputs. It also shows an optical output (TosLink) for audio. So if your components (PS3, WII, XBox, Cable) have some of these connections you can connect it the way you have drawn. HMDI, and Component give the best resolution, as opposed to the Composite. Run the audio out to the surround system using the optical connection. Good luck.
