If you have an HDTV or 4K Ultra HD TV, adding a video connection from a Blu-ray Disc player is easy. But getting the most out of Blu-ray's audio capabilities can be confusing. Here are five ways to set up Blu-ray with audio output.
How to Get 5.1 Audio from a Blu-Ray
The easiest way to access audio from a Blu-ray Disc player is to connect the player's HDMI output to an HDMI-equipped TV. Since the HDMI cable carries both the audio and video signals to the TV, you can access audio from a Blu-ray Disc.
The disadvantage of this method is that you are dependent on the audio capabilities of the TV to reproduce the sound, which often does not produce the best results.
Accessing audio via an HDMI TV connection will produce mediocre audio quality. Connecting a Blu-ray Disc player to an HDMI-equipped home theater receiver will produce better audio results. For this to work, your home theater receiver must have built-in Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio decoders.
