Digital 5.1, full HD

[Badabb1978]

Can anybody please recommend a box with full HD capacity and 5.1 ability. I currently have a sky box F3 but not happy with the sound.

Thanks in advance

[cactikid]

all the vu originals should have,solo,duo,and solo2 do,a google search on images should show rear of box

[Badabb1978]

Thanks, I've just been looking at them, how much would I expect to pay for the duo and are they difficult to set up ?

Thanks again

[cactikid]

solo and duo are older boxes but the new solo2 has great reviews ?309

[digicon]

Your F3 has Full Dolby Digital 5.1 audio output and its available only through the HDMI connector

[cactikid]

i like a box plug hdmi into box and tv and if needed spdif to amp for rocking the house down with no time lags.

[digicon]

On a personal note for around 9 years now i have always had A/V amps that have been equipped with HDMI even the cheapy ?99 offer ones these days have at least 2 HDMI inputs and one output, do people still use Optical and Coaxial for 5.1 audio i cant remember the last time i did anyway

[cactikid]

hell yes i do even my onkyo amp can take 4 hdmi and tv3 hdmi and use whatever box has to offer.

[genam]

The Skybox is fine as a source to output the audio..problem is that the audio transmitted to the box is generally crap and not full bandwidth like DVD or Bluray.
I have my F5 hooked in to a Yamaha 5.1 Amp with sub and all the trimmings...sounds as good as the proper Sky Box....TV speakers are crap
On the TV system menu do you have it set to match your TV...many can only work with BS ( Bitstream )

[digicon]

The Skybox is fine as a source to output the audio..problem is that the audio transmitted to the box is generally crap and not full bandwidth like DVD or Bluray.
I have my F5 hooked in to a Yamaha 5.1 Amp with sub and all the trimmings...sounds as good as the proper Sky Box....TV speakers are crap
On the TV system menu do you have it set to match your TV...many can only work with BS ( Bitstream )

Thats not entirely correct and going slightly off topic but $ly transmit DD 5.1 audio @ 384kbps which is a DVD standard, I wont get into any more but DD5.1 on DVD has more than 4 different bitrates and on Blu Ray has more than 12.

Back on topic The F3 via HDMI will transmit the full 384kbps 5.1 audio exactly the same as the near ?500 Vu Duo2. What you feed that into is entirely a different subject

[cactikid]

buying a skybox and plugging that into a high tech amp would be a downright shame ,if the skybox blows will it take the amp also?