connecting Blu-ray player to HTIB

[wrigley]

Hello,

i currently have a new blu-ray player. I am looking to purchase a home theater system. Most home theater systems I have found already come with a DVD player. Can I connect my blu-ray player to the HTIB system?

Mike

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by wrigley

Hello,

i currently have a new blu-ray player. I am looking to purchase a home theater system. Most home theater systems I have found already come with a DVD player. Can I connect my blu-ray player to the HTIB system?

Mike

it depends on the system and the player. you have to look at the specs very closely. some htib systems with a dvd player only have outputs, not inputs. what player do you have? if your planning on spending 3-400 i would also suggest buying seperates which may require you to save a tad (maybe 5-600) but youll be a lot happier with the results. just my opinion

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

I agree with the wolf above ^

I'm saving to get a home theater system but it won't be a HTiB

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

it depends on the system and the player. you have to look at the specs very closely. some htib systems with a dvd player only have outputs, not inputs. what player do you have? if your planning on spending 3-400 i would also suggest buying seperates which may require you to save a tad (maybe 5-600) but youll be a lot happier with the results. just my opinion

I currently have the Sharp BD-HP22U blu-ray player. Just like you said MOST of the systems I have seen only have 1 HDMI output. Thanks

Mike

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

I agree with the wolf above ^

I'm saving to get a home theater system but it won't be a HTiB

I'm very limited on room. The design of my family room is hard to explain.
A matched theater system would work the best for me. I;m looking for one that has a set of floor (tower) speakers but DOES NOT have a DVD player. I need just a receiver that I could plug my blu-ray into as well as my HD Directv box. Thanks

Mike

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by wrigley

I'm very limited on room. The design of my family room is hard to explain.
A matched theater system would work the best for me. I;m looking for one that has a set of floor (tower) speakers but DOES NOT have a DVD player. I need just a receiver that I could plug my blu-ray into as well as my HD Directv box. Thanks

Mike

I don't know if there is any like that. Someone else can help on that case.

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

I don't know if there is any like that. Someone else can help on that case.

ive seen some with towers but from what i remember they have built in dvd players.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Why can't companies get with the program and install blu-ray players? There is some but not many.

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

I don't know if there is any like that. Someone else can help on that case.

Yamaha YHT-491BL.
Need to try and find it locally!

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by wrigley

Yamaha YHT-491BL.
Need to try and find it locally!

only thing i see about the receiver is that it doesnt include true hd and dts ma decoding. but if your able to internally decode that from the player, it may not matter

[beefytwinkie]

Originally Posted by wrigley

I'm very limited on room. The design of my family room is hard to explain.
A matched theater system would work the best for me. I;m looking for one that has a set of floor (tower) speakers but DOES NOT have a DVD player. I need just a receiver that I could plug my blu-ray into as well as my HD Directv box. Thanks

Mike

Sup, wrigley. Maybe you can check this sucker out:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882120144

No built-in DVD player!

It comes with two tower speakers, a receiver that has five HDMI inputs and one output leaving you with three more HDMI spots open if you ever add more stuff. Also, the receiver decodes hi-def codecs (DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD). It's only $700 (plus taxes where applicable). It's a little more pricey than the Yamaha you pointed out but it still looks like a pretty sweet deal!

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

only thing i see about the receiver is that it doesnt include true hd and dts ma decoding. But if your able to internally decode that from the player, it may not matter

onkyo ht-s3200 ? Thoughts

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by wrigley

onkyo ht-s3200 ? Thoughts

Like the Yamaha you first suggested, it only has "pass-through" HDMI ports; its audio is limited to optical/coax (DD/DTS or LPCM 2.0). Not a good idea for BD.

The good news is, according to your player's manual it will handle TrueHD & DTS-HD MA either way--i.e., decode to LPCM 7.1 *or* bitstream to an AVR with decoder. Thus, you can look at cheaper, mostly older-model systems that accept multichannel LPCM over HDMI but don't decode, as well as systems with decoders.

I would recommend the latest version of my Sony HTIB ($300-350), but towers are important to you & its low-ohmage speakers leave no upgrade path, so that's not a good idea. Thus, I'd say your best solution so far is the $700 Onkyo from Newegg posted earlier--either that, or a stand-alone AVR with LPCM-over-HDMI inputs and a set of tower speakers.

You might also want to look for an HTIB with BD built-in; I think I've seen a few at Best Buy with tower speakers for less than the Onkyo. The one good thing about those is they *should* handle HD audio without further connections, so the lack of HDMI inputs shouldn't be a problem.

Optical (most likely) or coax should be OK for your satellite receiver. AFAIK, all surround-sound broadcasts in the U.S. (OTA, cable, satellite, etc.) are in DD; a few may be in DD+, but no broadcasters use HD audio. (In fact, though I could use HDMI audio for my AT&T U-verse box, I prefer HDMI direct to TV & optical to HTIB because it recovers from channel changes twice as fast as HDMI audio.)

[quest88]

Originally Posted by beefytwinkie

Sup, wrigley. Maybe you can check this sucker out:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882120144

No built-in DVD player!

It comes with two tower speakers, a receiver that has five HDMI inputs and one output leaving you with three more HDMI spots open if you ever add more stuff. Also, the receiver decodes hi-def codecs (DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD). It's only $700 (plus taxes where applicable). It's a little more pricey than the Yamaha you pointed out but it still looks like a pretty sweet deal!

+1 and with that system you can change out the speakers for better ones later on.

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

only thing i see about the receiver is that it doesnt include true hd and dts ma decoding. but if your able to internally decode that from the player, it may not matter

http://www.hhgregg.com/ProductDetail...BrandStore=All

Thoughts on this one. I can live without the tower speakers if I have to and this system is rather compact which will help with my room issue. I listened to it yesterday and it doesn't sound bad. Hhgregg has it for $299.00

Mike

[quest88]

Originally Posted by wrigley

http://www.hhgregg.com/ProductDetail...BrandStore=All

Thoughts on this one. I can live without the tower speakers if I have to and this system is rather compact which will help with my room issue. I listened to it yesterday and it doesn't sound bad. Hhgregg has it for $299.00

Mike

Does your Bluray player now have multi analog outputs ? If not then you would be lucky to connect threw fiber. It's not a bad system but it's certainly lacking in the newer codec department. It's your money and spending more than you want is a hard pill to swallow.

[ak_ka]

Originally Posted by quest88

It's not a bad system but it's certainly lacking in the newer codec department. It's your money and spending more than you want is a hard pill to swallow.

Good advice here. The thing is that you're looking to build a system around blu-ray, but the yamaha does not decode the new lossless codecs, which is sortof half the point of HD(more than that if you consult most folks here )
I know it might be difficult to spend more, but I suggest you wait till you can afford something you can enjoy for a longer duration, not to mention better quality sound too. Thats why going the route of separate components usually works out best. U can start small, but can still hear the sound, and then build upon it and notice improvements as you go along.

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by ak_ka

Good advice here. The thing is that you're looking to build a system around blu-ray, but the yamaha does not decode the new lossless codecs, which is sortof half the point of HD(more than that if you consult most folks here )
I know it might be difficult to spend more, but I suggest you wait till you can afford something you can enjoy for a longer duration, not to mention better quality sound too. Thats why going the route of separate components usually works out best. U can start small, but can still hear the sound, and then build upon it and notice improvements as you go along.

you guys are speaking Greek to me!

[quest88]

Originally Posted by wrigley

you guys are speaking Greek to me!

In looking up your sharp player on sharps website, I can see that you only have an HDMI out, Toslink ( Fiber / Digital out ), and the standard right/left RCA audio out. Are you just looking for better audio than your TV speakers ?

[wrigley]

Originally Posted by quest88

In looking up your sharp player on sharps website, I can see that you only have an HDMI out, Toslink ( Fiber / Digital out ), and the standard right/left RCA audio out. Are you just looking for better audio than your TV speakers ?

I have 2 jbl
N24 bookshelf speakers. They are connected to an oldddddddddd Kenwood amplifier and the amplifier is connected to the TV via
AV input. I control the volume through the TV volume. I am looking for something better. I'm not looking for GREAT. I'd like to beable to connect my blu-ray and my HD Directv satellite box to a receiver and control the sound through the receiver vice the TV.

Mike