after adding an hdmi cable to my system, i now have to disconnect the hdmi cable to play…?
…dvd’s. how do i fix this?
the only hdmi ports are on my direct tv hdtv box and the back of my projection screen tv. so the hdmi cord is connected directly from the box to the tv, while the dvd player is running directly to the tv. and since they installed the hdtv box there is a mess of confusion of hd cables and the regular white yellow and red i am used to. obviously this is not my forte…help!
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If you only have 1 HDMI port on the TV you either need an AV receiver to handle the switching or a separate HDMI switcher.
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The DVD player will be on “component one.” Change the input on the TV with the “source” button on the remote. To get to the DVD input, push the “source” button until “component one” is onscreen and you get the DVD player welcome screen. The power needs to on the DVD player to get the welcome screen.
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HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.[1] It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog standards such as Radio Frequency (RF) coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, and VGA. HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, personal computers (PCs), video game consoles (such as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), and AV receivers to compatible digital audio devices, computer monitors, and digital televisions.[1]
HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video, up to 8 channels of digital audio, and a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) connection. The CEC allows HDMI devices to control each other when necessary, and allows the user to operate multiple devices with one remote control handset.[2] Because HDMI is electrically compatible with the signals used by Digital Visual Interface (DVI), no signal conversion needs to take place nor is there a loss of video quality when a DVI to HDMI adapter is used.[3] As an uncompressed connection, HDMI is independent of the various digital television standards used by individual devices such as ATSC and DVB as these are encapsulations of compressed MPEG video streams (which can be decoded and output as an uncompressed video stream on HDMI).
HDMI products started shipping in autumn 2003.[4] Over 850 Consumer Electronics (CE) and PC companies have adopted the HDMI specification (HDMI Adopters).[5][6][7] In Europe, either DVI-HDCP or HDMI is included in the HD ready in-store labelling specification for TV sets for HDTV, formulated by EICTA with SES Astra in 2005. HDMI began to appear on consumer HDTV camcorders and digital still cameras in 2006.[8][9][10][11][12] Shipments of HDMI are expected to exceed that of DVI in 2008, driven primarily by the CE market.[13][14]