Hi Dane,
There are quite a few HDMI to RCA cables available, in my
experience, just search Amazon for HDMI RCA if you're in a country with
Amazon or Google/Ebay if you're not. I haven't used any, I generally use an
HDMI to VGA/3.5 adapter, which allows me to get two channel RCA audio if I
want it, though it does not allow the multiple audio channels to be
reflected, nor does it keep video quality up, nor does it put video out on
an RCA cable. There are many HDMI to RCA cables on the internet which do say
they support video, but I have never used them. I'm a bit confused about the
royalty issue you mention below, as I am seeing many HDMI capable devices
for under $150, and a few for under $100. The adapters I mention above are
easily under $20. They must have found a way around the royalty issue.
Aman
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 2:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [all-audio] HDMI to RCA
Hi!
A month or so ago one of our members posted an eMail looking for a device
that would convert HDMI to RCA.
I decided to do some research to see if such a device was available as it
would seem perfectly logical for such a device to be in existence somewhere
even though the among of RCA connections might be rather large given that
the latest version of HDMI can handle more than 13 channels of audio along
with Goodness knows what else in the video department.
Alas I ssaw absolutely nothing that would convert HDMI to RCA whether that
be dedicated audio, Video, or even just 2 channel HDMI.
So I went to speak to an audio engineer friend of mine to see if such a
device was even possible to manufacture.
I'm told that - whilst such a device could easily be built - it would cost
far too much to do so.
Apparently all manufacturers of equipment who use the HDMI system have to
pay a license fee of around $150 per unit where HDMI is used so there goes
any chance of buying a HDMI to RCA converter.
Shame really as I don't doubt the usefulness of such a device so - in the
case of the Apple TV or any other device that has only a HDMI interface -
your only options are to either feed the Apple TV directly into a modern TV
which has HDMI inputs or into a modern Surround-Sound receiver which also
has HDMI inputs and can integrate thus with a modern TV.
HDMI inputs are not commonly found on stereo Hi-Fi equipment such as
dedicated amplifiers and the like given that these devices handle audio only
and not video.
Cheers!
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