- Oct 11, 2000
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-The best and cleanest way would be HDMI but for some reason, my Westinghouse HDTV doesn't play nice with HDMI input from my video card (overscan, poor PQ, flickering), a Sapphire Radeon HD4650. I sold the card as a result.
-The VGA out gives the best PQ to the HDTV, but I haven't tried a DVI-to-HDMI connection.
-The onboard sound output on the HTPC is limited to a stereo output, i.e., no digital out.
-The HTPC form factor is a slim (read: low-profile) Dell Optiplex computer that only has one PCIe x16 slot and one PCI slot. The PCI slot currently has a wireless NIC installed for Internet connectivity.
-Last but not least, my receiver (Yamaha RX-V663) does HDMI-pass through which I take to mean, it just passes the HDMI signal to the TV. I could be wrong on that part and it does decode the audio portion of the HDMI signal.
Given the above limitations, what is my best option? I was thinking:
1. Get a low-profile PCIe sound card (will it work in the PCIe x16 slot?) that has S/PDIF out that can be connected to the receiver via digital coaxial or optical cable.
2. Assuming I'm wrong above and the receiver does decode the audio portion of an HDMI signal, get another low-profile video card (probably HD5570) and connect the HDTV via VGA/DVI connection. Then connect the HDMI connection to the receiver. Set the video card to clone the display on both outputs.
3. Other.
-The VGA out gives the best PQ to the HDTV, but I haven't tried a DVI-to-HDMI connection.
-The onboard sound output on the HTPC is limited to a stereo output, i.e., no digital out.
-The HTPC form factor is a slim (read: low-profile) Dell Optiplex computer that only has one PCIe x16 slot and one PCI slot. The PCI slot currently has a wireless NIC installed for Internet connectivity.
-Last but not least, my receiver (Yamaha RX-V663) does HDMI-pass through which I take to mean, it just passes the HDMI signal to the TV. I could be wrong on that part and it does decode the audio portion of the HDMI signal.
Given the above limitations, what is my best option? I was thinking:
1. Get a low-profile PCIe sound card (will it work in the PCIe x16 slot?) that has S/PDIF out that can be connected to the receiver via digital coaxial or optical cable.
2. Assuming I'm wrong above and the receiver does decode the audio portion of an HDMI signal, get another low-profile video card (probably HD5570) and connect the HDTV via VGA/DVI connection. Then connect the HDMI connection to the receiver. Set the video card to clone the display on both outputs.
3. Other.
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