help with Optical Audio

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Guys

Hi Recently bought a home theatre but only when i got home i noticed 1 HDMI port on it so basically i cant use it for my ps3

so here is my set up ps3 HDMI to TV then optical audio to home theatre

how good is the optical audio cable ? it wont give out HDMI sound but should be pretty close hey ?

 

[Quantum Theory]

Just as good... If not better...

 

[AMG133]

I got a pretty good optical cable running from my TV to the amp, gold plated and armoured as well, and the sounds from the PS3 is 100X better than from my DVD, even though my DVD is connected direct to the amp where as my Ps3 has HDMI to TV.

 

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ohhh maybe i got a ****ty one then i only payed 60 bucks for it ??

dam should have never bought that home theatre made a big mistake there

 

[OMG!!!]

ok so i got it right then

DSTV to HT = RCA cable yellow and white HDMI to TV from PS3 then optical cable from PS3 to HT

 

[ponder]

I got a pretty good optical cable running from my TV to the amp, gold plated and armoured as well,.

And how does that help?

 

[OMG!!!]

ok so the point is ioptical cable is good ?? at least for gaming ?

 

[CHURCHILL]

ok so the point is ioptical cable is good ?? at least for gaming ?

Optical sound from PS3 to a 5.1 system is amazing, you wont be let down.
I think if you wanted 7.1 surround sound, then you would have to use the HDMI, could be mistaken though.

 

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Optical sound from PS3 to a 5.1 system is amazing, you wont be let down.
I think if you wanted 7.1 surround sound, then you would have to use the HDMI, could be mistaken though.

Nope optical cable is better for sound than HDMI

 

[Albereth]

And how does that help?

Good point - I thought that optical was just that, optical. So there wouldn't be any gold or plating.

 

[CHURCHILL]

Nope optical cable is better for sound than HDMI

If one had a 7.1 system, what connection would have to be used to get that 7.1 surround sound?

 

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id prob go with HDMI cable ? but you would need the AMP that could transcode 7.1 sound

 

[Dolby]

Why would optical be much better?

 

[Naks]

Why would optical be much better?

IIRC, very little loss in the cable. The optical signal is just a bouncing ray(s) of light, whereas the HDMI cable has an electrical signal in a copper (?) wire.

 

[tr1ple6]

They are both digital signals so they are both excellent and no having gold plating won't help either of them except con you out of money The only problem is that the PS3 won't output 7.1 channels through optical. I have a 7.1 amp and speakers that uses only optical and the sound is still exceptional even though the amp forces 7.1 from the PS3

 

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how good is this for sourround sound

http://www.techuna.com/sony-dav-dz790k-dvd-home-theater-system.html

 

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here is abetter webpage

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/spec.aspx?prodid=8000

 

[tr1ple6]

how good is this for sourround sound

http://www.techuna.com/sony-dav-dz790k-dvd-home-theater-system.html

I'll avoid those all in one systems if at all possible. Ask yourself what you actually need and realise that you are paying extra for all in one products from sony and samsung. You might be surprised to find that you can buy a higher end system for not much more than those all in one box systems.

Going back to your original question, you really don't need hdmi if you are buying a 5.1 box system. Optical will be fine in that case

 

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Yeah true pity i bought it already

suppose i could do with another 1 in the house ? for the extra bedroom maybe

i know thoise all in one systems are not the best thing to get

 

[Albereth]

They are both digital signals so they are both excellent and no having gold plating won't help either of them except con you out of money The only problem is that the PS3 won't output 7.1 channels through optical. I have a 7.1 amp and speakers that uses only optical and the sound is still exceptional even though the amp forces 7.1 from the PS3

Surely the original sound would have to be recorded so as to take advantage of 7.1? I mean, a mono original is just going to give you the same noise out of each of the speakers.