How to connect HTPC to AVR


The home theatre PC(HTPC) is immersing as a common entertainment platform.The HTPCs today are equipped with best video audio chips ...connection possibilities,remote etc
making it part of AV gear for living room.

There are different possibilities of getting video and audio from htpc to LCD tv /HD plasma and 5.1 dedicated speakers .

Option one: Feed audio directly to AVR(Audio Video) Reciever with SPDIF optical..
depending on the motherboard the audio will be dolby encodede/dtd pass through or just 2 channel. Video just connect to LCD with HDMI>DVI adapter (very cheap one).
Cons: you cant switch video source unless you have a manual DVI switch
Option Two : Add a graphics card such as ATI 4650 HDMI,You will be able to get 48 Khz 16 Bit 7.1 Channel PCM audio with that. some say If you are not using HDMI exclusively, you are not “using your connection options the best way possible”.
Option three: If you use devices like PS3,HTPC,HDMI dvd players
buy a device like XCM

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