Hello all
I am wondering if anyone has yet used the Ethernet portion of the new HDMI standard 1.4
I have a PS3 (1st Generation) and an Onkyo TR-NX609 and cant find any detail to see if either of these items will use the HDMI Ethernet capability. Along with the reciever I order new 1.4 certified HDMI cables.
This would be great and would prevent me from having to run another network cable.
Thanks in advance.
I'm not using it, but from searching the TX-NR609 manual, I'd say it does not forward Ethernet -- it talks about audio return (in addition to the normal "old" HDMI stuff) but not Ethernet.
I checked the pinout specifications, and unfortunately (based on Wikipedia) you cannot tell a difference in Ethernet support by counting pins.
I'd say I'm 95% confident the Onkyo does not act as an Ethernet switch, forwarding a connection over HDMI, after running some searches within the manual.
For reference, the feature is called "Ethernet channel" by the HDMI people. If a device supports it, I'd expect to see that language in its spec sheet.
While all of my cables support HDMI with Ethernet, I have yet to come across a device that makes use of it, let alone two (one to send and one to receive). Wireless networking is good enough that I doubt there will be much reason to upgrade or to even include this functionality in new equipment. It still is a wire after all.
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