Hi, I was curious if you can have hdmi connected to the TV and the optical audio connection to a receiver. I know hdmi carries audio as well as video and wonder if there could be any issues with this configuration.
Thanks, Scott On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: > the apple tv is probably looking for the presence of the hdmi connected tv, > that's my guess anyway. so far apple tv is a no go for me i fit still has > problems > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:16 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Hi Justin, >> >> I have not noticed any difference in the quality of the audio from Mac to >> apple tv, as opposed to Mac to airport express. Admittedly, the speakers >> that are attached to the receiver that has the a tv connection are not the >> most wonderful speakers in the world, but they're decent. So I think a >> really notable drop in audio quality would be noticed. That chopping speech >> problem is still very much with me, though, and I don't guess there is a >> cure, short of purchasing a different surround receiver, which is definitely >> out of the question. I also found out that there are times when you must >> have the tv turned on, or you can't play a stream from netflix. This >> happened the other night when I was trying to stream a movie that my sighted >> husband wasn't interested in, so I didn't have the tv on and kept getting an >> error message about the requirement for a certain type of hdmi capability. I >> can't remember the letters that followed hdmi. Turning on the tv solved the >> problem. The whole thing seemed quite strange, since the netflix signal was >> coming from the net and shouldn't have had anything to do with the presence >> or not of a tv. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> motte...@gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
