Hooking up an HDMI only DVD player to an analog amp

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Ok, So I'm getting my parents a blu-ray player, but it only has an hdmi output, but they have an amp that is analog only. The speakers in the TV don't put out the greatest sound, so here's my plan.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350940848829?var=620197677817 to split the hdmi into the tv and then into this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-Male-to-5- ... 27b69867d6 to plug analog audio cables into the amp.

Will this work? Any Latency?

Nope, no intermediary processing = no latency. Those are exactly the breakout cables I was going to suggest.

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If it's a digital signal from the HDMI cable, then essentially what you're doing with this cable is splitting audio out of the HDMI cable and sending it through a SPDIF connector, which is still digital audio, which will not work with an analog amp. --You will need a DA/ converter, of which I don't know if they exist for consumer audio.

Pro audio your options will be multiple, however the analog signal passed through Pro Audio cables is quite often +4db, while the signal passed of Consumer, and some crossover 'ProSumer' gear is quite ofter -10db, which will cause distortion overload issues if trying to run pro audio signal through circuits designed for consumer audio. Conversely, there will also be gain attenuation issues if trying to run a -10db signal through a system that wants a +4db signal. -- At least with the latter,, you'll have plenty of dynamic headroom to spare, though it might be a bit noisy.

Well if you've already checked this, then disregard me trying to be a bit too much Captain Obvious, but what does the TV have for output? Even some old bigger CRT TVs I've seen have regular RCA output. I think also about every flat screen has RCA out as well on the TV itself. So then it'd be as simple as just connecting the TV to the amplifier. I mean if your parents already have the amp and it's already working with their current TV, that's probably how they've configured it, right?

Why not get a cable from the tv headphone socket and attach that to the amp?

^^ Similar thinking!

I think the OP is connecting an analog stereo to a full HD tv setup. Another important piece may be an RCA switcher if more devices than just the DVD player need to go through the stereo - not much of a concern if the TV's other uses consist primarily of news.

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-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

Ok, so I was trying to do things the hard way it seems. So, I just need a headphone to l/r cable, an hdmi switch for their dish and blu-ray and that would eliminate the other audio cables in the back since everything is hooked to the tv anyway. And actually the old dvd player(non-progressive scan)/vhs is hooked in via the amp for audio as well as the dish receiver. The audio doesn't go to the amp through the tv, but it can.

Basically, a HDMI splitter, to split the signal, and you'll need something like this.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/electronics-ph ... 256024.htm

A lot of TVs have a line out on the back, and they do sell digital to analog audio converter for sets that don't have a line out.