Recent content by Jacopo_4

It only works in that position, in the other two I only get stereo Would this mean the tv not being able to passthrough 5.1 is a licensing limitation rather than a hardware one?

I found out that if you put an HDMI to optical converter between pc and tv, then the tv somehow accepts 5.1 from the pc and sends it via hdmi-arc to the home theater (I have a Sony Bdv-E3100 which is similar to yours) The strange thing is that you don't even need the optical connection

I have a Lenovo laptop without an optical audio output which I use as a media player connected to a TV via HDMI; the TV is connected to a Sony Home Theater 5.1 (BDV-E3100) via ARC. As with many tvs, my JVC LE42-C550 is seen by windows as only capable of receiving stereo audio, so I was looking...