Home cinema problem?

Question

will a home cinema amp with multiple hdmi connections be suitable to connect a sky hi-def box &blue ray dvd player into, bearing in mind that my tv (plasma) has only 1 hdmi input socket. Which is currently used with my sky box. I would like to think that just 1 cable from amp would carry both signals to my tv hdmi input.

Answer 1

If your amp has multiple inputs for HDMI and 1 output it will be capable of HDMI switching and pass through. These inputs should be named and labeled, i.e. Satellite/Cable, DVD, BLU-RAY, Video 1 etc. So you would run the individual components HDMI cables to the appropriate input and the output HDMI to the TV. The components then can be selected and switched through your amp by way of the remote control, just press the appropriate button for the appropriate component.

Answer 2

Some amp HDMI inputs may be "feed-thru", meaning the signal comes in into one HDMI and exists thru another HDMI. Verify this in the user's manual. If don't have it, then try it. Feed the signal from the Blue-ray into the amp, then from the amp to the TV. If you have a feed-thru HDMI it should work. The feed-thru output would carry watever signal you have selected in the amp: either Blue-ray or Satellite Dish.