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    Sony AR270 HDMI audio with Vista

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Pingala, Dec 18, 2006.

  1. Pingala

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    Audio over HDMI connection was working for Windows Media Center. I installed Vista ultimate. I could get the picture, but not audio when I connected my laptop to Sony TV via HDMI. Does anyone know what to set? I could see HDMI checked in Control Pannel --> Hardware and Sound --> Sound Reality Control. But, I did not get the sound. Any clue?
     
    Pingala, Dec 18, 2006
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    I had this problem as well with an upconverting DVD player and a LCD TV.
    What I did was rout the audio through component cables (thus analog) and it was fine.

    This is what I heard from the CNET forums - that the HDMI spec is not standardized across all machines, and because of this digital audio suffers from consistency issues. It works on some devices, not others.
     
    Gautam, Dec 19, 2006
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    Perhaps, Sony must be working to release new drivers. The 64-bit version is in bad shape.
     
    Pingala, Dec 26, 2006
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