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Use Quidco, some cracking cashback - I moved from VM to Sky+ HD and love it
Use Quidco, some cracking cashback - I moved from VM to Sky+ HD and love it
The Panasonic SC-HTR210 Home Cinema TV Stand System has no rear speakers, only front, centre and sub so its not capable of producing 5.1 surround sound even if it were given a 5.1 surround signal by a Sky or Virgin box.
So lip sync is the only problem and optical is the easiest, cheapest, neatest and most usual way to solving it.
Edit
A Belkin Silver Series PureAV TOS-Link is well worth the extra few quid.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2m-Belkin-Silver-Series-PureAV-TOS-Link-Optical-Cable-/190499310570
it produces a surround effect,I had noticed the lack of rear speakers
using optical with the V+ box isnt what i wanted to do
plus folks have been having issues with the V+ box over optical longer than i have over HDMI
I dont believe in rewarding failure. I gave VM ample time to at least show willing on the problems
True 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 surround requires rear speakers.
The Panasonic SC-HTR210 Home Cinema TV Stand System has no rear speakers so all it can produce is a variety of Stereo effects from a Stereo source like Sky or Virgin boxes by delaying certain frequencies of the output and moving them between channels.
Optical is an old and trusted way of supplying amps etc. with audio. Myself and friends have used optical many times including from a VM HD box without any problems.
Me neither, VM is crap compared to Sky IMO. You made the right choice swapping to Sky. They give much higher bandwidth to each channel resulting in better picture and sound quality.
You said earlier there is no lip sync(delay) when the box is plugged direct into your TV, so the lip sync(delay) problem is being caused by the Panasonic SC-HTR210 Home Cinema TV Stand System, thats not Virgins fault.
its a fault of the way their equipment acts
otherwise why doesnt anything else connected via HDMI cause this issue?
I can't comment on "why doesnt anything else connected via HDMI cause this issue" as I'd need detailed specs of your equipment. What I can tell you is there are lots of versions of HDMI, for example:
HDMI v1
HDMI v1.1
HDMI v1.1a
HDMI v1.1b
HDMI v1.2
HDMI v1.3 (Cat2 I recommend)
HDMI v1.4
As manufactures have upgraded their devices they become less compatible with older devices, this may be whats causing your lip sync problem.
Good quality HDMI cables help too.
all good excuses,so what about those with a myriad of set ups having the same problems?
are the all out of date and using crap cables?
so you are saying i should spunk out a few hundred on an HDMI cable on the off chance it fixes VMs problem,?
so any issues with the VM boxes are down to the equipment? yet the work fine with Sky and the new VM Tivo boxes?
I will pass on your wise words to everyone having problems
also,how do you explain the V+ working fine before with the panny set up?
Of course its down to the equipment a person uses. Its the compatibility to other HDMI devices that matters.
Someone spends a couple of thousand pounds and buys 3 devices only to find they have a compatibilty issue. Of course it must the manufacturers fault. No way could it be they're own fault for not doing a little research before purchasing. :shrug:
so how would you research a fault that didnt exist a year ago?
Only an idiot would try?
Research compatible devices before purchasing and there will be no faults.
the V+ box worked with the Panasonic unit,now it doesn't
Then something obviously broken and needs fixing. :doh: