On 11/15/2018 03:00 PM, Doug wrote:
On 11/15/2018 11:05 AM, Tim via users wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 12 November 2018, Jiri Vanek sent:
>> Yes. I tried four cables. Each of them on both TVs. Each behaved same
>> for me. *however* factr that I had tried several different cables,
>> does not mean I used different type of cable. they are very
>> likely from same shop in my neighbourhood, likely same vendor and
>> price level, just bought in different times.
> When it comes to cabling, with HDMI, one cable or another is not going
> to affect sound (or no sound) going to the monitor. They're all
> supposed to carry sound and picture (the thing is aimed at consumers
> plugging DVD players, and the like, into their television set, with one
> cable carrying everything).
>
> Generally speaking HDMI cables work, or they don't work. Really crappy
> ones that are too long for their own good will either give no sound and
> picture, at all, or they'll continuously stutter between working and
> not working.
>
> There's a bunch of data lines in standard cables that carry sound and
> picture, control, identification, etc. There are some optional extras,
> such as ethernet, and an audio return channel (ARC), but which won't be
> a part of your issue.
>
> ARC is to do with home theatre, such as a DVD player connected through
> an audio amplifier to a television, with just one HDMI lead between
> player and amplifier, and one HDMI lead between amplifier and TV. So
> far, playing a DVD on your TV and listening to it on your stereo is a
> straight forward obviously easy thing to support, all the signals are
> going in one direction (outward from the DVD player). ARC allows your
> TV to send sound back to the amplifier, so you can watch broadcast
> television, and hear it through your stereo, without having to patch in
> yet another cable. That's why there's only one ARC socket on your TV,
> you're only expected to connect one amplifier to the TV. If you have a
> multitude of players (DVD, video games, streaming boxes, etc), you
> either connect each direct to multiple TV inputs, or to multiple inputs
> on your amplifier in the middle.
>
I realize that this is off-topic, but it sounds like you are an expert
on modern TV equipment, so I have this question:
I have a Samsung 24"
***
HDTV (1920 x 1080) purchased around last May. It has no electrical
audio output, and of
course, the built-in speaker sound is terrible. The only audio output
is via IR. I have purchased three DAC units
to feed a small audio amplifier and a couple of bookshelf-type
speakers. On voice peaks, sometimes there is
a brief dropout of the audio. This happens with any of the DACs.I do
not believe that this is caused by the amplifier,
since I used the same amp on a previous TV that had a real electrical
audio output. The question: The DACs were not
really expensive units, I don't remember what I paid for them, but
probably around $20. Is this the problem, or is the
problem inherent in the TV? (BTW, this is the second of this
particular model--the first one I had had serious sound
problems and the store, PCRichard & Sons, finally exchanged it.) If
you think I need a more expensive DAC, what
sort of specs do I need and where do I get such a device? I do not
want one of those lay-on-the-floor all-in-one
speaker systems, whatever they are called--I have a perfectly good
audio system as it stands. and the
floor units would block access to the cable box by the remote.
Thanx for your input--
*** Should have said 30"
Doug