R600's secret weapon revealed

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:03:16 -0500, Evgenij Barsukov
wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote:
Well, it is coming from the Inquirer, so take with a grain of salt. It
doesn't sound implausible though.

R600's secret weapon revealed
"In any case, R600 will be compliant with the Vista requirements and can
send sound directly over a HDCP/HDMI link. We are told this is a full HD
sound setup, not a cheesy 2.1 channel thing."
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38714


Who cares about sound sent over HDMI. I have never seen a 5.1 sound-system that even
has an HDMI input. Are they envisioning that people are going to play the 5.1 HD
sound on their TVs lamentable 2-channel sound-system?

The idea is to pass the sound through the TV to the surround system.
The main idea is to reduce cabling. You have one cable running from
each of your A/V devices (DVD, digital cable, whatever else) to the TV
and then another cable running from your TV to your sound system.

Long story short, it's not exactly a big help for much of anything,
especially for high-end sound systems that are already using digital
audio cables.
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Tony Hill
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Yousuf Khan wrote:
Evgenij Barsukov wrote:
Who cares about sound sent over HDMI. I have never seen a 5.1
sound-system that even has an HDMI input. Are they envisioning that
people are going to play the 5.1 HD sound on their TVs lamentable
2-channel sound-system?

I don't know, do these tv's have a pass-through from their internal
sound to an external system?

I've not seen a digital pass through, or a 5.1 analog - most TVs I've owned
have had a 2-channel analog out, but the best you are going to get through
that (assuming the TV doesn't post-process it too much) is Dolby Pro Logic.

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