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WaryInvest
I am about to take the step to a flat HDTV. There is so much info out that it is confusing. For viewing from about 12 feet away, what size and type TV is best. I am interest in a good pix, high reliability and power economy? What to buy?
Answer
Hi Waryinve...!
I prefer LCD. If You want an ultra-thin TV â LCD TVs, especially LED-backlit
models, tend to be thinner than plasmas.
If You do a lot of daytime viewing in a room with windows lacking blinds,
curtains or drapes. An LCD's bright picture will be look better in bright light;
Get Samsung Lcd. It would be a best choiice.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2fref%3dnb_sb_ss_i_0_11%3furl%3dsearch-alias%253Delectronics%26field-keywords%3dsamsung%2blcd%2btv%26sprefix%3dsamsung%2blcd%26ih%3d3_2_2_2_1_2_0_0_0_1.172_180%26fsc%3d10&tag=digitsy-post-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hi Waryinve...!
I prefer LCD. If You want an ultra-thin TV â LCD TVs, especially LED-backlit
models, tend to be thinner than plasmas.
If You do a lot of daytime viewing in a room with windows lacking blinds,
curtains or drapes. An LCD's bright picture will be look better in bright light;
Get Samsung Lcd. It would be a best choiice.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2fref%3dnb_sb_ss_i_0_11%3furl%3dsearch-alias%253Delectronics%26field-keywords%3dsamsung%2blcd%2btv%26sprefix%3dsamsung%2blcd%26ih%3d3_2_2_2_1_2_0_0_0_1.172_180%26fsc%3d10&tag=digitsy-post-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Trying to use RCA DVD player for Samsung Smart TV surround?
Mike H
The goal is to use our 10 year old Pioneer DVD player (which acts as a tuner for attached surround sound) as the audio for our new Samsung Smart TV.
The DVD player only has RCA jacks on the back. The TV has HDMI (ARC) as well as digital audio out (optical).
After a week's worth of headaches about getting this set up, I THINK the goal is to buy an optical cable, an optical-to-RCA converter, and then attach it to the RCAs and from there to the DVD player.
I don't want to buy a new surround system (too expensive and have to re-wire through the floor), buy a new tuner (the new tuner would burn out the speakers because of the Ohm difference), or buy an HDMI-RCA converter (the DVD player is not ARC compatible since it is 10 years old). I DO NOT WANT to wire it through the cable box or blu-ray player since there are functions specific to the television, like Netflix and Youtube, that would need to be straight from TV to surround.
It took me a week to figure this all out, is there anything wrong with this plan? I don't actually want to use the DVD player for anything other than the sound. Thanks in advance!
Also, any recommendations on Optical to RCA converters for Smart TVs?
My television lets me shut off Dolby Digital so I think this may work? Thank you for your answer.
Answer
Actually, Grumpy is exactly wrong - the $20 - $25 Digital to Analog RCA converters DO work. They DON'T PROVIDE DISCRETE 5.1 CHANNEL SURROUND - that IS true. But on one of my TV/sound setups I have a NEW LED/LCD TV with, not Optical, but Coaxial S/PDIF (which IS 5.1 digital channels) connected to an older, analog-only 5.1 surround system that only has Red/White RCA AUX inputs (yes, 2.0 channels), with one of those $25 converters between, that handles either Optical or Coaxial, exactly like this one (I paid too much):
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Coaxial-Toslink-Converter/dp/B007S6U7I4
It may not be discrete 5.1 but it is simulated, and does quite a good job of it. I hear traffic passing behind me from one side to the other, birds chirping in a forest everywhere in specific spots, casings from guns dropping in specific places, etc... So anyone that tells you it won't work is wrong! I have proof in my 2nd setup! So get one of these with confidence! And don't listen to the legion of "advisers" who think it is their job to tell everyone their inferior setup won't work. They are only in it for the self-agrandizing points and thumbs up and votes from "buddies" who are more interested in gaming the system than actually helping people. Sorry to vent, but my patience with these designated naysayers is growing thin... Good luck!
EDIT: Grumpy is correct that these converters don't work with highly compressed audio formats like Dolby Digital or DTS - only uncompressed (which actually means higher quality) PCM - just switch your TV audio to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation - a digital format) which is then output to the Toslink port - you'll still get simulated surround - see here:
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/dolby-digital-or-pcm-audio
Actually, Grumpy is exactly wrong - the $20 - $25 Digital to Analog RCA converters DO work. They DON'T PROVIDE DISCRETE 5.1 CHANNEL SURROUND - that IS true. But on one of my TV/sound setups I have a NEW LED/LCD TV with, not Optical, but Coaxial S/PDIF (which IS 5.1 digital channels) connected to an older, analog-only 5.1 surround system that only has Red/White RCA AUX inputs (yes, 2.0 channels), with one of those $25 converters between, that handles either Optical or Coaxial, exactly like this one (I paid too much):
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Coaxial-Toslink-Converter/dp/B007S6U7I4
It may not be discrete 5.1 but it is simulated, and does quite a good job of it. I hear traffic passing behind me from one side to the other, birds chirping in a forest everywhere in specific spots, casings from guns dropping in specific places, etc... So anyone that tells you it won't work is wrong! I have proof in my 2nd setup! So get one of these with confidence! And don't listen to the legion of "advisers" who think it is their job to tell everyone their inferior setup won't work. They are only in it for the self-agrandizing points and thumbs up and votes from "buddies" who are more interested in gaming the system than actually helping people. Sorry to vent, but my patience with these designated naysayers is growing thin... Good luck!
EDIT: Grumpy is correct that these converters don't work with highly compressed audio formats like Dolby Digital or DTS - only uncompressed (which actually means higher quality) PCM - just switch your TV audio to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation - a digital format) which is then output to the Toslink port - you'll still get simulated surround - see here:
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/home-cinema/dolby-digital-or-pcm-audio
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