Questions about Ethernet over HDMI 1.4 and Audio Return

[steamroll9]

I finally made the jump and ordered my new VT25 yesterday. Question about the Ethernet over the HDMI. I will be hooking the TV up to a Panasonic Bluray player(DMPBDT100, got it for free). Will the Bluray player share the Internet connection with the TV? It will be hooked up directly to the Bluray player. Of course I just bought a new receiver last year and it's HDMI 1.3. So for the time being the audio will have to be sent to the receiver using and optical cable(til the new OppO Bluray player comes out).

The TV is about 18 feet from where all my components are, that is also where my ethernet switch is. I can run the additional cables, but would be great if I didn't have too.

Also, will the TV send the audio from the TV(Vierra cast) to the bluray, then through the optical cable to the receiver?

Do the devices just know or is there settings?

One last thing, do you have to use an HDMI 1.4 cable from the PS3 to the TV to get 3D? Or is the 1.3 cable that I already have going to work and just pass-through my receiver?

Sorry for all the questions!

 

[avliner]

First off, welcome to the forum steamroll9!

As you might be aware, the newest HDMI v.14 brought us some new fetures, such as 3D / ARC / ETHERNET, so in order to take advantage out of these features, you must have the v1.4 chipset on all sources, such as your TV, AVR, BDP and so on.

As for the HDMI cables, you'll be just fine to x-mit 3D signals thru any good High Speed cable, also known as Cat. II (with a 10,2 Gbps bandwidth), EXCEPT for ARC and ETHERNET functions,though.

I've heard quite recently, though not sure about it, that with some High Speed cables ( former 1.3b version ), you DO have the ARC function activated, whereas in some you don't. This is due to the internals having different pinout connections though. I've also heard that the newest HDMI cables in compliance with ARC / ETHERNET functions, have an extra pair of twisted wires in the internals. Not sure either...

In case you do need these 2 new features later down the line, you better grab a spefic HDMI cable that complies with such and you'll be golden!

BTW, would like to hear more people chiming in 'bout this!