This is exactly what I am doing. My Sony has 4K passthough, but menus are all 1080p. So if you adjust the volume, the TV will switch to 1080p and then back to 4K.aaron158 wrote: ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Orei-HDMI-Duplica ... le_ce?th=1
hdmi Splitter plug 1 into the tv and 1 into the receiver?
You are losing support for the "newer" (2006 or later) audio formats. Optical is limited DVD audio formats (Dolby Digital and DTS) but if you want BD audio formats (Dolby Digital TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master...) you will need to use HDMI.savemoresaveoften wrote: ↑ What I do is use my PS4 optical out to my old receiver, and the PS4 HDMI goes into my TV.
As above. Optical bandwidth is too limited these days for the various new Dolby sound formats.savemoresaveoften wrote: ↑ What I do is use my PS4 optical out to my old receiver, and the PS4 HDMI goes into my TV.
yeah I am aware of the limitations. Right now my system is still only setup as a true 5.1, so missing a few speakers anyway for the atmos, 7.2 or 11.2.1 or whatever the latest is.thriftshopper wrote: ↑ As above. Optical bandwidth is too limited these days for the various new Dolby sound formats.
Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HS Master Audio fully supports 5.1 so you would benefit from it. Atmos is for for "ceiling" speakers (the last digit in 7.2.4 for example) so you would not benefit from it in a 5.1 setup.savemoresaveoften wrote: ↑ yeah I am aware of the limitations. Right now my system is still only setup as a true 5.1, so missing a few speakers anyway for the atmos, 7.2 or 11.2.1 or whatever the latest is.
The next big upgrade will be a current pre-pro, a 4k 120hz TV, and maybe a few more surround speakers.
It depends. Do you have ARC support on the receiver? Or is it too old for that?
Your receiver has 4K passthrough though, OP's doesn't seem like it does. It's not able to accept or pass 4K at all. Anything handshaking with it will go down to 1080p. HDMI handshaking is based on lowest common denominator so even if you use a splitter, it should see the EDID of the receiver as not supporting 4K and then not outputting 4K regardless.
Nope, atleast on my splitter you can set the port to use. It's not a fancy one either - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0891L7XDHES_Revenge wrote: ↑ Your receiver has 4K passthrough though, OP's doesn't seem like it does. It's not able to accept or pass 4K at all. Anything handshaking with it will go down to 1080p. HDMI handshaking is based on lowest common denominator so even if you use a splitter, it should see the EDID of the receiver as not supporting 4K and then not outputting 4K regardless.
You can set the port to use what?kramer1 wrote: ↑ Nope, atleast on my splitter you can set the port to use. It's not a fancy one either - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0891L7XDH
thanks! I will likely use ARC then. The TV and receiver both support ARC. Not looking for anything too fancy in terms of audio. I think DD+ is good enough for most case.ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ It depends. Do you have ARC support on the receiver? Or is it too old for that?
This is exactly why ARC exists, but if your AVR is too old it won't support this. If the AVR has ARC the TV will be able to pass the audio from its input(s) back down the ARC input (which you'd connect your AVR to). But standard ARC is basically only S/PDIF-over-HDMI in implementation* meaning you would not be able to get higher res audio if applicable. eARC solves this problem but if your AVR had eARC it would definitely have 4K support so it almost certainly does not.
*Some TVs with only ARC (i.e. without eARC) can pass DD+ over the ARC connection; however, the AVR still would have to support it. There's no TVs that can do DTS-HD, TrueHD, or multi-PCM through standard ARC though, just not possible.
Your receiver has 4K passthrough though, OP's doesn't seem like it does. It's not able to accept or pass 4K at all. Anything handshaking with it will go down to 1080p. HDMI handshaking is based on lowest common denominator so even if you use a splitter, it should see the EDID of the receiver as not supporting 4K and then not outputting 4K regardless.
Would be helpful to know the following:
This is what I am doing with my FireStick. You can connect anything with HDMI to the input. This is the one I use, and due to it being an active splitter, can auto convert, etc - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0891L7XDH
