The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    CUSTOMER ADVISORY from HP for WINDVD 9.0 on HP 8530W

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kidicarus, May 17, 2009.

  1. kidicarus

    kidicarus Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Found the following while searching and they offer a solution,however there is no update for WIN dvd 9.0 on their website under drivers and downloads!!

    DESCRIPTION
    Surround Sound option is unavailable after selecting HDMI as the default audio output.

    SCOPE
    The specific notebook PCs affected by this issue are listed in the Hardware Platforms Affected section at the bottom of this advisory.

    RESOLUTION
    To resolve this issue, please update to WinDVD version 9.0 or later.



    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...=3781677&prodTypeId=321957&objectID=c01741769

    Does this mean we are expected to buy the upgrade to fix a problem in version 8 which comes bundeled???
     
    kidicarus, May 17, 2009
    #1
  2. bogusnj

    bogusnj Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    119
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I saw this too, but it confused me. I thought HDMI only carries stereo audio... Could someone confirm or deny this suspicion.
     
    bogusnj, May 18, 2009
    #2
  3. kidicarus

    kidicarus Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    it will carry 7.1 dts HD MA or 7.1 dolby HD audio among all the older formats...
    HDMI has a higher bandwidth than say a toslink fibre optic cable.
     
    kidicarus, May 19, 2009
    #3