Various versions of HDMI

On 25/03/2013 10:59, David wrote:


When reading the connections on on some equipment specs. recently the
term "Mini HDMi" was stated what are these?
Regards
David



the socket on the device is just that - mini, usually on a tablet device
or a mobile phone when a regular socket will take up too much space.
there's micro hdmi too.

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On 25/03/2013 11:41, Roderick Stewart wrote:


Well, that's me reassured then, as the only thing I use my "TV set"
for is a video display. I won't ever need an audio return from a video
display, so it doesn't matter whether it's there or not.

I knew I made the right decision to keep my system to simple old
fashioned principles, audio equipment for the sound, video equipment
for the pictures, separate recorders for separate recordings. Under
those conditions, cables can be just cables.

Rod.




they are useful sometimes.
i have a blu ray player with integrated surround sound connected to my tv.
i then have my pc connected up to the tv too and using audio return
channel the surround sound from the pc enters the tv and then gets
squirted back up to the blu ray player again so i can enjoy pc based
surround sound too.

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Thanks for the link, Andy ...

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:29:44 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

Java Jive wrote:

Can someone please remind me of the differences between the versions?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdmi#Versions

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In message , David writes
When reading the connections on on some equipment specs. recently the
term "Mini HDMi" was stated what are these?
I've got one on my Panasonic Digital Camcorder so I'd guess it's for
them.
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Roderick Stewart wrote:

Well, that's me reassured then, as the only thing I use my "TV set"
for is a video display. I won't ever need an audio return from a video
display, so it doesn't matter whether it's there or not.

Auidio return has the significant advantage, that the audio is delayed
to compensate for the screen's inherent latency. There's quite a lip sync
error if I route the audio from my STBs etc directly to my amp.


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On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:46:02 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Well, that's me reassured then, as the only thing I use my "TV set"
for is a video display. I won't ever need an audio return from a video
display, so it doesn't matter whether it's there or not.

Auidio return has the significant advantage, that the audio is delayed
to compensate for the screen's inherent latency. There's quite a lip sync
error if I route the audio from my STBs etc directly to my amp.

True, but I've solved that problem with an external audio delay.

I didn't realise there was another way of doing it, though I'm still
not sure how I would use an HDMI audio return signal, because in my
case there would be four of them on four separate cables, and of
course they'd be digital so I'd need another piece of equipment to
select and decode them before feeding them to the hi-fi amplifier.

My amplifier has an old-fashioned tape monitoring system, where the
signal can be diverted to an external piece of equipment after the
selector switch, so that's where the audio delay goes, and as this is
only one standard pair of audio feeds, it seems much simpler than four
separate digital ones on different cables.

Rod.

Roderick Stewart wrote:
On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:46:02 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Well, that's me reassured then, as the only thing I use my "TV set"
for is a video display. I won't ever need an audio return from a video
display, so it doesn't matter whether it's there or not.
Audio return has the significant advantage, that the audio is delayed
to compensate for the screen's inherent latency. There's quite a lip sync
error if I route the audio from my STBs etc directly to my amp.

True, but I've solved that problem with an external audio delay.

I didn't realise there was another way of doing it, though I'm still
not sure how I would use an HDMI audio return signal, because in my
case there would be four of them on four separate cables, and of
course they'd be digital so I'd need another piece of equipment to
select and decode them before feeding them to the hi-fi amplifier.

Well, (in the case of the amp having an HDMI input, (which yours
doesn't)) you can effectively use the TV set as the source selection
device ? That's how my set up is arranged (albeit that I'm using SPDIF
out from the TV and into my amp)

Roderick Stewart wrote:

I didn't realise there was another way of doing it, though I'm still
not sure how I would use an HDMI audio return signal, because in my
case there would be four of them on four separate cables, and of
course they'd be digital so I'd need another piece of equipment to
select and decode them before feeding them to the hi-fi amplifier.

I'm fairly sure I'm missing something here, but my approach sounds
simpler. Each box (PVR, DVD, etc) is connected to the TV with an HDMI
cable. The 'digital audio out' from the TV is connected to the
'digital in' on my amp.

Thus the sound system always plays whatever I'm watching on the screen
(complete with necessary delay).

No need for any audio returns, or anything like that. The audio out
from the TV doesn't mess with the digital sound, so 5.1 from a DVD
comes out as 5.1, stereo from a CD comes out as stereo, and so on.

What could be simpler?

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Mark Carver wrote:

Well, (in the case of the amp having an HDMI input, (which yours
doesn't)) you can effectively use the TV set as the source selection
device ?

Ooops. Sorry, that's just what I posted.


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Roderick Stewart wrote:

I didn't realise there was another way of doing it, though I'm still
not sure how I would use an HDMI audio return signal, because in my
case there would be four of them on four separate cables, and of
course they'd be digital so I'd need another piece of equipment to
select and decode them before feeding them to the hi-fi amplifier.

I'm fairly sure I'm missing something here, but my approach sounds
simpler. Each box (PVR, DVD, etc) is connected to the TV with an HDMI
cable. The 'digital audio out' from the TV is connected to the
'digital in' on my amp.

Thus the sound system always plays whatever I'm watching on the screen
(complete with necessary delay).

No need for any audio returns, or anything like that. The audio out
from the TV doesn't mess with the digital sound, so 5.1 from a DVD
comes out as 5.1, stereo from a CD comes out as stereo, and so on.

What could be simpler?

Just for clarity,

http://hometheater.about.com/od/home...o-Return-Chann
el-Arc.htm
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