Interesting to hear how some have gotten around this problem and thanks for publishing your solutions. I suppose I’m lucky in that I have a system that’s based on HDMI thus everything is plugged in and integrated though I’m possibly going to be faced with some challenges when I move my small Samsung 19 inch TV into the Den. That set has 1 HDMI so obviously I can connect an Apple TV or whatever set top Box I like and then feed the digital output of the tV to my Rotel system, I just hope the system will work <smile> so all will be revealed when I can be bothered setting it all up. I’ve thought about getting the current generation Apple tV but I’m not really infused, there’s so many Set Top Boxes and alternatives out there now so even a simple Google Cast Video just might be enough. I have an Android Set Top Box which I got going a couple of years ago so time to pull that out too and see what updates are available for the thing.
> On 30 Jul 2018, at 12:23 am, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacob...@visi.com> wrote: > > Dane, > > There must have been an early window when there were not royalties. I > bought an HDMI to RCA converter to use with our Apple TV and and old TV and > Stereo. I think it was around 40 US dollars and I got it through Amazon. I > believe, though, that I searched for HDMI to Analog to find it, and it only > supports two audio channels and would not support the full compliment of > channels available today. Also, it might have been using the older version > of HDMI as well and possibly this particular adapter would not work with the > most recent version. Finally, the picture is not the greatest although it > is passable, but I have no complaints about the quality of the audio. I can > try to locate what the device is actually called if it is of interest, but > it is a few years old and may well no longer be on the market from what you > are saying about royalties and such. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > -----Original Message----- > From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 1:04 AM > To: all-audio@groups.io > Subject: [all-audio] HDMI to RCA > > Hi! > > A month or so ago one of our members posted an eMail looking for a device > that would convert HDMI to RCA. > > I decided to do some research to see if such a device was available as it > would seem perfectly logical for such a device to be in existence somewhere > even though the among of RCA connections might be rather large given that > the latest version of HDMI can handle more than 13 channels of audio along > with Goodness knows what else in the video department. > > Alas I ssaw absolutely nothing that would convert HDMI to RCA whether that > be dedicated audio, Video, or even just 2 channel HDMI. > > So I went to speak to an audio engineer friend of mine to see if such a > device was even possible to manufacture. > > I'm told that - whilst such a device could easily be built - it would cost > far too much to do so. > > Apparently all manufacturers of equipment who use the HDMI system have to > pay a license fee of around $150 per unit where HDMI is used so there goes > any chance of buying a HDMI to RCA converter. > > Shame really as I don't doubt the usefulness of such a device so - in the > case of the Apple TV or any other device that has only a HDMI interface - > your only options are to either feed the Apple TV directly into a modern TV > which has HDMI inputs or into a modern Surround-Sound receiver which also > has HDMI inputs and can integrate thus with a modern TV. > > HDMI inputs are not commonly found on stereo Hi-Fi equipment such as > dedicated amplifiers and the like given that these devices handle audio only > and not video. > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1043): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1043 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/23848195/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
