Raistline on 27 May 2009
| Megadude said: HDMI does digital audio and video so there is no need for the optical audio. If your stereo only does optical hook the 360 up to the TV and the TV up to the stereo. |
This is a good idea, but it will not work. If you connect your HDMI to your TV it will only transmit 2 channel audio due to the handshake process inherent in HDMI/HDCP. The audio will then be sent from the TV to the receiver as 2 channel audio.
