My HDTV (780p or 1080i) has 2 HDMI inputs, My Receiver has 2 HDMI, My HD-DVD player has 1 HDMI, My Direct TV HD-DVR has 1 HDMI. All have component inputs as well. What order should I go starting with the TV

If I understand you correctly you said you Receiver has 2 HDMI inputs, I am going to assume it has 1 output as well or is it 1 in and one out?

If it has 2 in's and 1 out then put both the DVD and the DVR into the receiver and use that for the switching mechanism. From there out to the TV.

If it is 1 in and 1 out then DVR into the receiver and the DVD direct to the TV and run a separate audio feed from the DVD to the receiver (probably optical). The reason for this is that you are more likely to use the audio system with the DVR as you will watch it more often then the DVD. To get to the DVD you would change the input of the TV to say HDMI2 and choose the appropriate audio channel on the amp.

Good luck - G

I swear I answered this question just the other day under a different posters name. The text was exactly the same verbiage.

Anyway, I would start with the Inputs from the Direct TV. There should be two RC6 (coax) inputs from the satellite and one HDMI and One component triport (RBG). From the DTTV receiver, I would use one of the HDMI connections ports on the Direct TV receiver over to the sound processor or AVR unit. I would use the second HDMI input on the sound processor for the DVD. All HDMI ports carry audio and video so no need for the component cables. The last connection is the HDMI out to the monitor. Remember to turn the sound or speakers off on the TV because the AVR is going to control your sound.

Now wire your speakers to your AVR, and enjoy.

Bonswar,

You have heard incorrectly. Both my DVD and Cable boxes connect to my TV's HDMI ports. There no, zero, zip, nada audio cables connected, yet I still get audio, you tell me how that could be? :)

I pull up the HDMI RFC and verify that both audio and video are carried.

Actually I think you are both right. I believe that some Home theatre audio receivers do use a separate digital HDMI audio signal. So to get the best audio you would use that. Most TVs do not have that separate HDMI audio.

Bonswar, Ops, you listened to the wrong person. Appended below is the Wikpedia spec on the cable.

Intermittent loss of audio, did you do any type of failure analysis to see if you could isolate the failure or did you just trust your "some one else?"

High Definition Multimedia Interface:

Hot pluggable Yes
External Yes
Audio signal PCM, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio
Video signal 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, etc.

Bonswar,

Please allow me to clarify the above note to you. The "HDMI" spec. states that the HDMI port will handle sound and video. End of discussion on that point, okay?

Part two, however that does not in and of itself mean that everyone has a HDMI port on their equipment. For example, My AVR has two HDMI ports. One for the TV and one for the DVD. But if the DVD did not have a HDMI on it, then I would have to use one other audio paths to the TV.

My PS3 does audio and video through 1 HDMI.

To save some time (in about 3-4 months) you could toss your HD-DVD player in the trash also... blu-ray unfortunately has 70% of the market. Only Universal and its subsidiaries are making HD-DVD movies anymore.