Posted by CJ on 01/17/07 23:59

"Geena Phillips" <gbeenie@comcast.netrosexual> wrote in message
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> CJ wrote:
>> "the_niner_nation" <niner_nation_sf49ers.com> wrote in message
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>>> "CJ" <cjmartin04@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>>> Does anybody have any experience with HDMI switches? Is there any loss
>>>> in quality using them? I've got my Cable set top box connected to my TV
>>>> using my one HDMI connection now and want to get the Samsung
>>>> Progressive Scan DVD recorder with HD upconversion. In order to use
>>>> both devices with HDMI and the best HD signal quality, wouldn't I need
>>>> two HDMI connections and thus need a switch?
>>>>
>>> I have a 4 input hdmi switch and there is absloutley no picture
>>> degradation whatsoever with sky HD and a pioneer upsacaling dvd player
>>> feeding through it.
>>>
>>> My HDTV only has a single HDMI input, so the switch box is a real
>>> godsend.
>>
>> Thanks. Unfortunately, I've got a problem with my TV now. I pressed mute
>> and now the sound on my TV won't come back. The very odd thing is that
>> the sound works PERFECTLY when I've got my XBox 360 on, but not when I'm
>> using HDMI with the cable TV setup.
>>
>> I have no idea what the deal is on this one.
>
> Check your cable box, to make sure the audio from THAT isn't muted.

That must have been what it was. When I simply turned the box off and let it
sit a minute, the sound didn't come back. But when I turned the power off to
the box and then let it reboot, the sound came back. I'm not sure how it got
muted though in the box. My TV remote which I used to mute the sound in the
first place doesn't control the cable box and the cable remote doesn't
control the TV. I'm sure there's a technical explanation though, lol.

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