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Speaker to TV connection question?

• I was thinking of buying some inexpensive speakers like a friend of mine has, his includes a center "control unit" with a display and two larger speakers which he has hooked up to his PS3 and TV using the standard AV cables, the yellow video one connects to the TV while the audio red and white go through the speakers, then to the TV. My questions 1. How can i tell if the product is two separate speakers and not a boom box type unit. Some i've been looking at (though i don't know if the speakers are connected or not!): http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665401958 2. the more complicated question: my XBOX 360 is hooked up using HDMI, and i LOVE the max quality 1080i (for the TV, westinghouse LCD TV, no complaints, just shitty speaker in the TV) i get; however, i'm not using the standard AV, since i couldn't get those ports to work with my 360 (though they DO in fact work, i tested it with a neighbor's gamecube) anyways, is there anyway to connect a two-speaker sound system like that up to my TV and have the speakers work for my 360? the standard TV speakers are acceptable to cable TV, but i'd like Call of Duty or Gears 2 with some better sound quality. Please let me know, and maybe provide a link to a system with three parts like that (center control thing, plus 2 larger speakers for each side of my TV(remote needed)) i did notice the "audio out" ports on the back of my TV which are for the white and red audio cables, is this the port to use for speakers? Thanks in advance Chris

• Answer:

  If your buddy is running his PS3 into this stereo he's downgrading his signal. Unless he's bypassing it by sending his video directly to the TV he's seeing his HD PS3 in standard definition. If he runs the video directly to the TV and the audio to the stereo, he's getting two channels of sound. Basically, what I'm saying is you can run audio through this stereo if you want two channels of sound, but no video should be running through it. 1.) That unit is a "boom box" setup. It has one audio input, meaning 2-channel RCA connectors. 2.) Your TV may not pass audio, so if you plugged your 360 in the TV, it wouldn't necessarily pass the audio out to a boom box or a receiver. If you want stereo sound, you'll need to buy one designed for home theater use. Basically, you can get a receiver and a surround sound system or you can buy a 2.1, stereo speakers or a surround bar for your TV. Any of these solutions would work. Then you would run the video from the 360 to the TV and the audio through the home theater stereo. Or, because any 2-speaker system is only stereo sound, you could invest instead in a set of good headphones.