[mythtvnz] Next problem --- Audio over DVI to HDMI

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
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> From: "Ross and Jemima Knudsen" <ross.jemima at gmail.com>
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Next problem --- Audio over DVI to HDMI
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> Can I ask a fundamental question, why would you want to?


reduce cable clutter? (maybe thats what you are meaning in your next sentence)
"because he can"
because his soundcard may be crap?

>
> Obvious initial answer is it conveys audio and video over one cable, presumably into a LCD TV.
>
> However, we are talking good quality HD video,

Are we? We may be talking SD or we may be talking even crappier
transcoded files from a DVD or downloaded?

>high quality audio, while most TV's have generally poor audio reproduction, some of
> the largest TV's possibly excepted.
>
> Anyone wanting sound quality in line with their visual quality should consider a separate audio system.
>

Agreed.

> At that point a separate audio input is going to be required.  One obvious exception will be a switching HDMI amp,

Yes I think for a lounge/home theatre that is correct. But for a
bedroom cable clutter and tidyness, along with the much vaunted WAF
may be more important :)