HDMI Receiver that splits Audio/Video?

Question

I'm looking for an HDMI Receiver that can take HDMI inputs from my PC, Blu-Ray player, and possilby other sources and separately output HDMI video to a display and 7.1 audio to the surround sound system. I see lots of receivers that have HDMI support, but I haven't found any that do exactly what I want. I don't know if they even exist. The PC has HDMI output with Video and Audio in a single cable. It then needs to go to the receiver which passes the video to the TV and the Audio goes out to the Surround Sound system. The same needs to be true with the DVD/Blu-Ray player. Any ideas?

Answer 1

well.. thats the thing. you can use it for BOTH audio and video or you can use it for JUST video. there is a setting in each individual device that lets you adjust the way the HDMI cable works. my upconvert dvd player allows me to output hdmi video only as well as my ps3, also my uncle's sharp bd player.

doing this you'll need a separate cable for audio, like an optical or a digital coaxial cable.

Answer 2

You said:

...receiver which passes the video to the TV and the Audio goes out to the Surround Sound system.

The receiver IS usually the surround sound system.  It strips off the audio from the HDMI and powers speakers, then sends the video only onto the TV.

I think you are looking for 2 things:

- HDMI Up-conversion: takes all inputs and converts everything to HDMI out

- HDMI switching

I think Onkyo has a nice $600 receiver that does this.  I saw it at Frys, but I dont have the model number.

Answer 3

Maybe I'm missing something but isn't that what most A/V receivers do?

1) PC connected via HDMI #1 to A/V receiver -- audio processed and sent internally to speaker terminals and video sent via HDMI #2 to TV

2) Blu-ray connected via HDMI #3 to A/V receiver -- audio processed internally and sent to speaker terminals and video sent via HDMI #2 to TV.

The input switch on the A/V reciever selects which input gets processed.

Where's the problem?

Edit your question and explain what I'm missing and maybe I can help.

EDIT

I don't see any difference between what I've suggested and what you want to do. As far as I am concerned almost any receiver with HDMI switching will do what you want. Read what I wrote carefully ... three HDMI cables -- one is the common output for video to the TV.

Good luck.