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.

    Connecting Vaio > HDMI AV receiver > DVI Display. Is this possible?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by dev_dev, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. dev_dev

    dev_dev Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    18
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello, folks,

    I've got the following trouble. I own a Vaio VPC-F23Z1 and its analog audio output is of a real low quality. I'm thinking of fixing the issue with an external receiver.

    Right now I have an external display connected to Vaio per HDMI -> DVI. The display does not have HDMI, only DVI.

    Would it go if I connected the Vaio per HDMI to a recever (allowing it to take sound) then connected the receivers's HDMI output to the monitor per DVI?

    Right now I have:

    VAIO -> HDMI/DVI -> EXTERNAL MONITOR

    I wish:

    VAIO -> HDMI -> RECEIVER -> HDMI/DVI -> EXTERNAL MONITOR

    I'm not familiar with AV receivers and home cinema stuff, I only wish a better stereo headphone output and keep the picture on my monitor. How can I accomplish this? I know receivers have many HDMI inputs and usually an HDMI output. What is the point of an HDMI output? Do I understand it correctly that a receiver takes the combined audio/video signal, extracts audio from it, decodes it then passes the video stream on to the imaging device (TV/Display) connected to the output HDMI?

    If this scheme is correct, would the computer still be able to detect the display and its screen resolution like it does now when it is directly connected?

    I'm really new to all these things, any information would be useful, even of the most basic kind. Thank you in advance. :)
     
    dev_dev, Jul 3, 2012
    #1