How do I get my PS3 to play on my TV but also run audio through my surround sound in HD?
I have a Phillips television, a panasonic pt 954 home theater, a ps3, and I have a samsung dvd recorder vcr combo. I cannot see how to get all of these to play nicely together. My tv appears to have no outs of any kind and my surround has only one in and that is your basic left and right audio connection. I want to be able to put a blue ray movie into my ps3 and watch it on the tv and hear it through the surround and the ps3 uses EITHER the hdmi connection OR the a/v connection not both. So I am wondering if there is a selector out there that will allow for four or five hdmi and component inputs with an audio and hdmi output so I can run my video from any of my sources to the tv but still have the option to run my audio to the surround with the regular red and white audio cable. Oh, and I am about to get a high definition comcast box too and will want to tie that in also.
What is the model of your Philips TV? Does it have HDMI input, or are you using the component video output from the SC-PT954? It probably has a digital audio output. If it doesn’t then use the one on your new HD cable box.
The Panasonic SC-PT954 DOES have an optical digital audio input, you should connect the audio output from your TV or cable box to it. Do NOT use the analog red/white RCA connections, they won’t give you 5.1 surround, the optical connection will.
To answer your question, yes, you can buy a switcher box, either component or HDMI, but one that combines both and handles audio too is going to cost as much as a good receiver. You may not need it anyway.
Again, post the model of your TV and people will be able to help you. If you know the model of HD box from Comcast, include that too.
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