Before I start, I'm going to state that I do not have a receiver, though I am in the market for one (despite my lack of knowledge behind them)
So recently I learned my girlfriend is going to be moving in with me, which is great, except for one thing: my entire life is centered around pleasing only myself right now so I don't have like extra equipment for her (like extra tv's or whatnot). I have a pc with dual monitors (standard inputs, vga dvi hdmi etc) but I wanted to set up a system that would keep her entertained while I'm on my computer gaming and not bore her to death. Well I managed to scavenge up some bluray player that can handle netflix, hulu, cable and all that but I realized I don't have speakers in my monitors, and this thing ONLY has an HDMI output (which is incredibly stupid in my opinion but that's aside the point, this thing was free and I'm not going to complain about it), and there's no way I can hook this thing up with just an hdmi straight from monitor to audio without a receiver of some sort I'm pretty sure, but I also would like to have sound for when I do things (so I can have two audio outputs at the same time coming through one system). My plan was hook up one of my monitors to this bluray player thing and she can use that to watch movies while I play games, just turn the monitor or whatever (I only use one monitor for gaming). Is it possible that I can hook up both my pc and this bluray player thing into one single receiver and get both outputs through a single audio setup? . Also another question to go along with it is do receivers even transmit video through them to a display or is it strictly audio? And is there a loss of signal or latency (hardcore gamer with enthusiast grade equipment, I like my games looking nice). Like I said, I'm new to these things I don't really know what I'm getting myself into.
And yes I know I can just get netflix on my pc but I was hoping to use something that had a remote she could use without disrupting games. And yes, she's okay with me playing games (so none of that "just pay attention to her" crap)
So recently I learned my girlfriend is going to be moving in with me, which is great, except for one thing: my entire life is centered around pleasing only myself right now so I don't have like extra equipment for her (like extra tv's or whatnot). I have a pc with dual monitors (standard inputs, vga dvi hdmi etc) but I wanted to set up a system that would keep her entertained while I'm on my computer gaming and not bore her to death. Well I managed to scavenge up some bluray player that can handle netflix, hulu, cable and all that but I realized I don't have speakers in my monitors, and this thing ONLY has an HDMI output (which is incredibly stupid in my opinion but that's aside the point, this thing was free and I'm not going to complain about it), and there's no way I can hook this thing up with just an hdmi straight from monitor to audio without a receiver of some sort I'm pretty sure, but I also would like to have sound for when I do things (so I can have two audio outputs at the same time coming through one system). My plan was hook up one of my monitors to this bluray player thing and she can use that to watch movies while I play games, just turn the monitor or whatever (I only use one monitor for gaming). Is it possible that I can hook up both my pc and this bluray player thing into one single receiver and get both outputs through a single audio setup? . Also another question to go along with it is do receivers even transmit video through them to a display or is it strictly audio? And is there a loss of signal or latency (hardcore gamer with enthusiast grade equipment, I like my games looking nice). Like I said, I'm new to these things I don't really know what I'm getting myself into.
And yes I know I can just get netflix on my pc but I was hoping to use something that had a remote she could use without disrupting games. And yes, she's okay with me playing games (so none of that "just pay attention to her" crap)