optical for home theatre system.

[FREAKZA]

Hopefully this is the right place. What is the difference between optical inputs verse's the good ol s-video? I was at wally world and noticed a sale on optical cables. Both my tv and home theatre have optical inputs. So can anyone give me any info on this? Thanks.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Digital optical is for sound.

S-cable = s-video? = video.

What do you have connected now?

 

[FREAKZA]

Right now I just have rca's going from tv to dvd for sound and s-video for picture.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: FREAKZA
Right now I just have rca's going from tv to dvd for sound and s-video for picture.

Are you using the TV speakers?

 

[FREAKZA]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: FREAKZA
Right now I just have rca's going from tv to dvd for sound and s-video for picture.

Are you using the TV speakers?

Nope. I have everything going into the theatre for sound. Dvd,satelite, etc

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: FREAKZA

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: FREAKZA
Right now I just have rca's going from tv to dvd for sound and s-video for picture.

Are you using the TV speakers?

Nope. I have everything going into the theatre for sound. Dvd,satelite, etc

I guess I'm kind of confused why the tv is connected to the dvd player for sound then...

How is it connected to your receiver then?

If you're not using a digtial coaxial connection or a digital optical connection, that would be a good way to go. If you're just using RCA for the connection, you're not going to get Dolby Digital or DTS transmitted.

 

[JCKC]

Ditch all of your RCA Audio cables and replace them with either digital coax or optical, depending on what your components support. This will ensure your DVD player and satellite receiver send Dolby Digital (5.1) sound to your receiver for processing.

Stick with the S-Video cables for your video feeds. If your TV and DVD player both support component video, you might consider utilizing this method of feeding video to the television as your picture will be sharper and more vibrant.

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: FREAKZA
Hopefully this is the right place. What is the difference between optical inputs verse's the good ol s-video? I was at wally world and noticed a sale on optical cables. Both my tv and home theatre have optical inputs. So can anyone give me any info on this? Thanks.

WTF are you talking about??

Optical is for sound use only not video!!

 

[FREAKZA]

Originally posted by: GamerExpress

Originally posted by: FREAKZA
Hopefully this is the right place. What is the difference between optical inputs verse's the good ol s-video? I was at wally world and noticed a sale on optical cables. Both my tv and home theatre have optical inputs. So can anyone give me any info on this? Thanks.

WTF are you talking about??

Optical is for sound use only not video!!

No crap sherlock? If you had noticed and read the thread it would be very apparent that I was not aware of that little nugget of wisdom scooter.