yamaha rx v471

[arvindb86]

I am new to home theater and used this forum extensively to help decide speakers, receiver and so on and so forth. After much struggle and considerable consternation I set up my system yesterday, comprising of:
1. Yamaha Rx V471 receiver
2. Energy Take Classic speakers
3. Polk PSW10 subwoofer.

My Tivo and Roku are now connected to the HDMI IN on the receiver and the HDMI OUT goes to my TV for video. With this setup, I am able to get decent audio and video. However the AV receiver manual recommends an optical audio connection between the receiver and TV, and this is what most users on the forum also write about. I am confused, if the audio from TiVO and Roku are directly taken by the receiver and passed into the speakers, why do I need an optical audio connection with the TV? I do get audio from the current setup, but am concerned I might be doing something wrong/getting inferior audio by not hooking up the optical audio. Please advise!

 

[ACsGreens]

Good

I think you did everything as it should be. Some people choose to use an audio out from tv if it is of the "smart" variety and want to return audio to the receiver. Some remotes create a huge lag with the ARC function in remotes that this works best. I would stick with what you have, the quality won't get any better. Enjoy the new system.

AC

 

[arvindb86]

Thanks AC, for the quick reply! So as long as I have a plain old fashioned 'dumb' HDTV, and connect all my sources into the AV receiver via HDMI, and use a single HDMI cable to pass video to the TV, I should be fine? One less wire to worry about!

 

[ACsGreens]

That is how I have mine set up. Any other way is really unnecessary.

 

[slipperybidness]

IMO, the only reason you might want to run optical to the TV (from Roku, etc) would be to get volume from the TV speakers if you didn't want to fire up the entire system (like late at night).

Not useful for me, or many.