Does sound travel through hdmi cable?

heggie · 26-04-2008 10:09pm #1

or will I need some other sort of audio setup!

thanks.

Jack Sheehan · 26-04-2008 10:24pm

Yes.

I think.

ShaneU · 26-04-2008 10:31pm

Yes.

I'm positive.

Jack Sheehan · 26-04-2008 10:37pm

We make a great team!

silvine · 26-04-2008 10:37pm

It does but if you are setting up surround sound, you will need an optical cable as well.

heggie · 26-04-2008 11:58pm

ok, thanks all! i'll get one tomorrow

hshortt · 27-04-2008 12:03am

silvine wrote: »

It does but if you are setting up surround sound, you will need an optical cable as well.

That depends on the receiver/amp you are connecting too, and the device you are outputting from. HDMI cables carry audio and video.

Cheerio

Recon · 07-07-2009 11:58am

I just ordered one from amazon.co.uk. Posted for €7.50. Thanks for the info about the sound!

Riesen_Meal · 07-07-2009 1:13pm

Recon wrote: »

I just ordered one from amazon.co.uk. Posted for €7.50. Thanks for the info about the sound!

5er in tesco dude!

Flaccus · 07-07-2009 4:44pm

Should have gone for a Monster cable dude. As you can see from the link below cheaper cables which are not often mechanically sound (like the 5 euro and 7 euro jobs) can introduce video artifacts such as colour banding, pixel dropouts, "sparkles". Can happen easily from plugging the thing in and out and the connector degrades over time. Plus cheaper cables most likely won't support 1080p @ 12bit colour depth and beyond. Monster cables have none of these issues and are the way to go

http://www.monstercable.com/hdmi/the_facts_on_hdmi.asp

hshortt · 07-07-2009 4:54pm

Marketing crap. The cable passes 1's and 0's. That's it. The cheaper the better. Certain qualities differ in relation to the type of shielding used on the cable. Just buy whatever you are most comfortable with, the resulting picture will be identical.

@Flaccus have a peep around here or here.

The cable must meet certain specifications, after that the rest is creative marketing.

Cheerio

Flaccus · 07-07-2009 4:56pm

I know this. I was being sarchastic. Although they do make a valid point about some cables not being mechanically sound. I've had a couple of duffers in my time.

Mountjoy Mugger · 07-07-2009 4:59pm

It's all moot anyway. He was getting an optical cable.

Flaccus · 07-07-2009 5:00pm

I recommend a monster one

hshortt · 07-07-2009 5:08pm

Ah no, sure optical cables don't carry sound, just red light

chavezychavez · 07-07-2009 5:21pm

If you can get one of these with HDMI and pass the xbox sound output through it...it would mega fly man

BTW.... on serious note, optical is the only way to go. But yourself 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system and plug her into the 360. You'll never listen to the xbox again through regular speakers

Does sound travel through hdmi cable?

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