What, no HDMI switching? What year is this...2005? If the idea is simplicity, would be better to design the unit to run all a/v through it so the consumer doesnt have to fiddle around switching video inputs and such on the tv.
The Sony soundbars switch HDMI and can play lossless audio if you feed them LPCM over HDMI.
I think the idea is to just use this as a speaker, and not a receiver. You can just run your HDMI in pass-thru mode from the receiver to TV, and then a TOSLINK cable from TV to soundbar. That way all your cabling is nicely tucked away behind your components and just a cable from receiver to TV, and from TV to soundbar.
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roper @ Jun 17th 2009 7:09PM
What, no HDMI switching? What year is this...2005? If the idea is simplicity, would be better to design the unit to run all a/v through it so the consumer doesnt have to fiddle around switching video inputs and such on the tv.
The Sony soundbars switch HDMI and can play lossless audio if you feed them LPCM over HDMI.
Richard Glitter @ Jun 18th 2009 1:44AM
I think the idea is to just use this as a speaker, and not a receiver. You can just run your HDMI in pass-thru mode from the receiver to TV, and then a TOSLINK cable from TV to soundbar. That way all your cabling is nicely tucked away behind your components and just a cable from receiver to TV, and from TV to soundbar.