Ok, what I am trying to do here is a very rigged way of hooking things up, but if it works, I'll be completely happy... I would like to run A/V from my DirecTV box to a TV in both the living room and the kitchen. What I'm thinking is this:
1. DirecTV HDMI out to a powered HDMI splitter in.
2. Splitter HDMI out to surround sound receiver HDMI in
2.1. Surround sound receiver HDMI out to TV HDMI in
(This would supply both my living room TV with video and my surround sound with audio)
3. Splitter HDMI out to TV in kitchen
3.1. DirecTV optical digital audio out to sound bar optical digital audio in
(In theory this should also supply my kitchen TV with video to the TV and audio to the sound bar)
What I don't know is, will either the audio from the HDMI or the optical audio cable cancel out one or the other or will they both provide audio at the same time?
There is no audio out on the TV in the kitchen for me to even run standard cables to the sound bar from there so what I am trying to do is get the highest quality of audio/video to the kitchen as possible, if it's not I will settle for RCA cables (how it's hooked up now) and be done with it lol
1. DirecTV HDMI out to a powered HDMI splitter in.
2. Splitter HDMI out to surround sound receiver HDMI in
2.1. Surround sound receiver HDMI out to TV HDMI in
(This would supply both my living room TV with video and my surround sound with audio)
3. Splitter HDMI out to TV in kitchen
3.1. DirecTV optical digital audio out to sound bar optical digital audio in
(In theory this should also supply my kitchen TV with video to the TV and audio to the sound bar)
What I don't know is, will either the audio from the HDMI or the optical audio cable cancel out one or the other or will they both provide audio at the same time?
There is no audio out on the TV in the kitchen for me to even run standard cables to the sound bar from there so what I am trying to do is get the highest quality of audio/video to the kitchen as possible, if it's not I will settle for RCA cables (how it's hooked up now) and be done with it lol
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