HDMI or optical digital cable for sounds?

[quangdaika]

What one are better for sounds?

Another thing, my upconverting DVD player has an optical digital audio output and my Samsung TV also has a optical digital output. Sounds kinda of weird since I imagine it the TV should have in input right?

 

[DaveSimmons]

The TV out is for device HDMI > TV > receiver

If your receiver supports HDMI 1.3 audio then HDMI to the receiver then then HDMI to the TV is usually the best connection.

If you have any problems with that, then device HDMI > TV -and- device optical > receiver works too.


Edit: if you are just using tv speakers it doesn't matter, sound will be weak either way, might as well use the HDMI sound.

 

[vi edit]

HDMI should carry sound over the cable with the video. No need for optical in that situation.

Optical out from the TV is there to do Dolby Digital from HD (OTA/QAM) sources back out to a receiver.

 

[GoSharks]

OT, but some TVs only pass 2 channel audio from an HDMI 5.1 input through the optical out.

 

[s44]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
If your receiver supports HDMI 1.3 audio then HDMI to the receiver then then HDMI to the TV is usually the best connection.

Any HDMI audio is better than coax/optical. 1.3 is just for bitstreaming -- previous versions can do multichannel PCM, which is just as good.

Of course, if he's only playing DVDs, it won't matter.