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mexmen92 on 05 January 2010
I bought an hdmi cable from amazon, but when I tried to plug it in I realized that the av cable blocked the hd port?
I've been thinking about buying this cable, but i dont know if it'll be the same, what do you think?
thanks for your time.


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scat398 on 05 January 2010

when you have the HDMI cable plugged in you don't need the av cable, unless you are running the HDMI directly to the TV and your sound through component system that doesn't have HDMI.

I don't know if that helps, can you describe your setup?



mexmen92 on 05 January 2010
scat398 said:
when you have the HDMI cable plugged in you don't need the av cable, unless you are running the HDMI directly to the TV and your sound through component system that doesn't have HDMI.

I don't know if that helps, can you describe your setup?


so what ur saying is that I only need to plug the hdmi cable to my tv?



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alekth on 05 January 2010

Yes, HDMI carries sound, the only time you need to worry about a separate sound source is if you want to connect the other side of the HDMI cable to a computer monitor that only takes picture.



scat398 on 05 January 2010

yup...Hdmi runs the video and sound.



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mexmen92 on 05 January 2010
scat398 said:
yup...Hdmi runs the video and sound.


I feel pretty retarded now:P. I appreciate ur help though.



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scat398 on 05 January 2010

no problem, I actually thought the same thing when I switched to hdmi. happy gaming.



bobobologna on 05 January 2010
alekth said:

Yes, HDMI carries sound, the only time you need to worry about a separate sound source is if you want to connect the other side of the HDMI cable to a computer monitor that only takes picture.

Not true.  If your surround sound system does not have HDMI, then you will need an adapter to get surround sound, and use HDMI.



mexmen92 on 05 January 2010
scat398 said:
no problem, I actually thought the same thing when I switched to hdmi. happy gaming.


I just plugged the cable and it's awesome. The picture and sound was mind-blowing.



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