Ok I have a 46" Samsung 1080P (I think it is the LN-S4695D) thats less than a year old. It has 2 HDMI inputs.

I also have a Onkyo receiver (TX-SR674) that is also less than a year old, with 3 HDMI inputs, (2 in 1 out). Also the Toshiba HDA2 HD DVD player.

Now I have my Comcast cable box going into the TV via HDMI, so thats 1 HDMI gone on the TV.

Next I have an HDMI going from my Toshiba HD DVD player, into the receiver, then receiver to TV via HDMI. (I hope thats right, sounds right, shit)

Anyways I am out of HDMI inputs except the 1 in one, on the receiver, how do I go about hooking up my PS3/BD player? Can I use the 1 remaining HDMI in input on the receiver? Do I split it from the receiver? Do I need a HDMI splitter? If so where do I get one and where do I hook it in at? I want my PS3 Games/BD Movies to play through my home theater obviously, but am short on HDMI inputs.

Can somebody from the DVD Talk brethren give a noob a hand here.

Sure thing. They do have HDMI switchboxes, and there's a pretty lengthy discussion about some at http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480451

I guess you'd want to run the PS3 and HD DVD players into the switchbox and then have the switch feed the receiver so you can take advantage of high bitrate DD+/PCM/TrueHD audio.

You should be able to just use the other HDMI input on the receiver and switch between HDMI 1 and 2.

I thought the PS3 had to be connected directly into the TV via HDMI, (maybe I am wrong on that) so all I need to do is run the PS3 into the other in input on the receiver and I should be good to go? That will take care of the audio and video?


Sounds good, thanks for the link, I will have to check it out since I have no clue what a HDMI switch box is, or how it works, thanks.

Just use the reciever as a switcher and run the two disc players into the Onkyo. You should not need a switch box.

I have the Onkyo 674 and send the cable box and PS3 through the HDMI ports on there, and then send the HDMI out to the TV. No problems.

I just have my PS3 sitting on top of my A1 and move my HDMI cable back and forth depending on what player I'm using.

Yeah, this is what I have to do because my reciever only has 2 HDMI inputs...

I currently have 3 HDMI capable devices: My A1, my PS3, and my cable box. My receiver, the Onkyo 605, has two HDMI ins and one out. I have the PS3 and the A1 plugged into the HDMI ports on the receiver, and the HDMI out goes to one of my two HDMI inputs on my TV. I then plug my cable box directly into the other HDMI input on my TV, and run an optical cable from the cable box to the Onkyo for sound.

Ok cool this helps! I guess it was just sounding more difficult when I was going over the hookup in my head, or maybe I am just making it harder then it needs to be, i just didn't want to miss out on anything. And I would rather not have to switch HDMI's back and fourth like Shannon Nutt that won't work with my setup and I am lazy anyways

You could always just run component from your cable box to your receiver....I've noticed minimal different from Component to HDMI with a cable box. In my opinion, HDMI is more of a convienence for a cable box since no 1080p is needed with it.

Ohh ok. So you are talking a component to HDMI cable, using the component on the TV and the other HDMI end into the cable box? I thought that hurt the quality of the signal, but then again I am probably wrong, good advice. Thanks.

Not to pick a nit, but your receiver doesn't have "3 HDMI inputs." It has two inputs and one output.

I agree with DJ's recommendation. Run the cable box's component cables directly to your TV, then run the PS3 and HD DVD player HDMI connections to your receiver's inputs, then the receiver's HDMI output to the TV.

For me, and maybe its just me, but there is a difference between hooking up my cable box (Pioneer HD-DVR 8300) through HDMI and component, and since I watch TV more than either my PS3 or A1, I have to use 1 of my 2 HDMI inputs for the HD-DVR box. I would definitely play with it and see what you prefer. It may just be my component cords suck pretty badly, or my 605 doesnt "pass" the signal well, but I get alot of issues and the colors seem a bit off when not using HDMI on my cable box.

No, there is no need to convert componant to HDMI. Just hook componant from your cable box directly to your TV, and use optical from your cable box to your reciever.

Cool cool, good info.

And yes Mr Salty you are correct, I get so caught up in what I am typing I miss the correct terminology at times