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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by CalRobert on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:31PM (#16729983)
You have just hit upon why HDMI is stupid.

If you used a DVI cable you could indeed do that. But HDMI was pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed despite no real benefit (having sound and video separate is an ADVANTAGE if you want to easily handle sound with different hardware..)

and now, well, you can't.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by Spivak on Monday April 02, 2018 @02:20PM (#16737489)
Huh? If you're coming from a PC you can definitely direct the audio separate the video. If you're using a set-top/streaming box you typically just send the audio back out the TV.

The number of people with dedicated audio equipment is too great for any TV manufacturer to break this.

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