Off the air HD antenna with HDMI?

[Turomania]

Originally Posted by blujacket

Your tv has no tuner? OTA is 1080i/720p but you should be able to get Dolby Digital also if a program is broadcast with it. What do you have for audio output on the tv?

I have everything pluged in to my reciever. The PS3, 360 etc. Then the output to my TV via HDMI. I get my sound via the external speakers, not the TV speakers.

[blujacket]

Originally Posted by Turomania

I have everything pluged in to my reciever. The PS3, 360 etc. Then the output to my TV via HDMI. I get my sound via the external speakers, not the TV speakers.

I understand that. You should be able to use your tv's tuner for ota and then run a coax/or optical cable to your receiver for audio. What is your tv's model#?

[Turomania]

Originally Posted by blujacket

I understand that. You should be able to use your tv's tuner for ota and then run a coax/or optical cable to your receiver for audio. What is your tv's model#?

So I should be able to get a decent picture quality with the regular cable coax that comes with the OTA antennas?

I see what your saying. Since there's input coming straight to my tv from the OTA, then I could output sound via optical from my TV to my receiver.

hhhmmmm now where getting somewhere.

Again I apology for my newbee questions. I just recently consider an over the air antenna and just dont know much about them yet. I have always used regular cable.

I have the LC-46D92U Sharp LCD

[blujacket]

Originally Posted by Turomania

So I should be able to get a decent picture quality with the regular cable coax that comes with the OTA antennas?

I see what your saying. Since there's input coming straight to my tv from the OTA, then I could output sound via optical from my TV to my receiver.

hhhmmmm now where getting somewhere.

Again I apology for my newbee questions. I just recently consider an over the air antenna and just dont know much about them yet. I have always used regular cable.

I have the LC-46D92U Sharp LCD

You should get a great picture from ota. Just go buy a cheap antenna and see what you can tune in. Your tv has optical out, so you can run a cable to your receiver to get your sound.

[Turomania]

Originally Posted by blujacket

You should get a great picture from ota. Just go buy a cheap antenna and see what you can tune in. Your tv has optical out, so you can run a cable to your receiver to get your sound.

Very cool.

The only thing the bugs me about that is my TV manual says that the only way get get full 1080p is via my HDMI's and my Components.

I know we can't fuall 1080p via the OTA, but I'm wondering how much less HD I'm getting using only the cable coaxil input that most all OTA antennas come with.

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by Turomania

The only thing the bugs me about that is my TV manual says that the only way get get full 1080p is via my HDMI's and my Components.

I know we can't fuall 1080p via the OTA, but I'm wondering how much less HD I'm getting using only the cable coaxil input that most all OTA antennas come with.

Nothing less. The coax cable is not carry an HD picture. It's carrying an ATSC TV signal to the tuner in your TV set. The tuner produces the HD 1080i or 720p picture.

[jschaffe]

Originally Posted by blujacket

Your tv has optical out, so you can run a cable to your receiver to get your sound.

I have the same Sharp LC-46D92U TV. Before I hook it up using a wall mount, I want to know which inputs feed their audio through to the optical digital audio output connection. The manual is useless on this one. Does anyone know?

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by jschaffe

I have the same Sharp LC-46D92U TV. Before I hook it up using a wall mount, I want to know which inputs feed their audio through to the optical digital audio output connection. The manual is useless on this one. Does anyone know?

Most TV's only output OTA audio signals via the optical out.

[Anthony P]

I think most have answered your questions, I will just add

use http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=90 enter your area and then use the map to pinpoint your place, it should tell you what channels you can receive and what you need antenna wise

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by jschaffe

I have the same Sharp LC-46D92U TV. Before I hook it up using a wall mount, I want to know which inputs feed their audio through to the optical digital audio output connection. The manual is useless on this one. Does anyone know?

Lots of sets will feed audio from external components such as set top boxes and disc players out the optical port. But, the output is usually limited to stereo. You can generally only get DD 5.1 from the set's internal tuner and you can never get DTS to pass through a TV. Televisions are not designed to be audio switchers. That's work for receivers.

[jschaffe]

Originally Posted by BIslander

Televisions are not designed to be audio switchers. That's work for receivers.

Tell that to my wife...she hates, hates, hates using both the TV and a receiver! I had nothing but trouble in our old setup.

Besides, my Denon 3600 receiver doesn't have HDMI, or I would have done it anyway!

And frankly I hate the duplication os source switching in both the TV and Receiver, seems much simpler to do it in the TV and feed the audio out...

Of course, the high-end receiver circuitry is probably better anyway, but none of this solves my problem...no HDMI on the receiver.