"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in
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Alan Crowder wrote:
I have a Virgin media TV box with HDMI output to the the
television, can I get an Amp to go in between to output
sound to speakers then the tv signal up to the TV?

I only have the one HDMI output on the Virgin box.

There's bound to be a way of doing it - but have you
considered that many modern TVs have a sound delay in
them to bring the sound into sync with the display? So
taking the sound off before the TV removes this. The
phonos on the TV designed to feed an external sound
system include this delay.

Good point.

Modern A/V receivers with HDMI I/O generally have an adjustable delay for
addressing this issue.

My HDTV's *only* output of any kind other than the picture is digital coax
(stereo, not multichannel), which does indeed have the proper amount of
delay for use with a standard DAC.

If I wanted multichannel, then I'd have to use one of the outputs of the
cable box. I've tested some of them and they all cause lip synch problems
unless additional delay is applied.