Hi.

2nd day on the 2016, 1st question,
what brand to look for high speed HDMI cable?

cheers

2nd Question,

and where to find a rear speaker wall bracket in Klang Valley?

Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, KL, any where in Klang vallley.

Cheers

This post has been edited by mujinkun: Jan 2 2016, 11:14 AM

Cheapest rm10 cable will able to show good quality picture, rm1000 also doing the same.
There's no "brands" to begin with, since most of the signal are 1 and 0. Will copper's purity change this 1 and 0? Nope, it won't. SO get the cheapest will do.
What more important is you must secure the connections properly, or else you may have "dusty" picture like the old CRT TVs.

Electronic shops should be selling. If KL area, Jalan Pasar.

The important thing to look for in a HDMI cable not longer than 5m is:

- Make sure the spec of the cable you're buying is correct. There are just far too many HDMI 1.3 cables posing as HDMI 2.0 cables on the market now. Why? You know why.

Many people has ran into the issue of not being able to display 60hz from their PC to their receiver despite both inputs being HDMI 2.0. The reason is the cable, not their hardware. In this case, the RT5's HDMI 1 port is the only port that is HDMI 2.0, the others aren't so make sure of that as well if you're going to run 4k60p.

What is the maximum cable to search for?
3m?5m?

HT-RT5 or HT-NT3? Which one sound better?

bring your music/movies and audition it out bro

only you can tell which one sounds better.

Cannot found demo unit of NT3. So asking opinion to those who had tested both.

This post has been edited by christeen: Jan 2 2016, 11:24 PM

Since I read a lot of review from master SSJBen, Finally bought the HT-RT5 from Harvey Norman...

Ahahahaha...

Connecting with my 4 years Old Samsung TV for ARC, only that I got some issue with my TV sometime cant communicate with the RT5 after turn off the TV, need to reconnect the HDMI then, its good to go.

Still thinking, is it due to cable supplied with the RT5 or my few old still working perfectly Samsung LED TV...

Should I need a new High Speed HDMI?

This post has been edited by mujinkun: Jan 3 2016, 01:42 AM

that one tricky,

better you buy one that you have tested and satisfied with.

review online can be a baseline guidance but cannot compare live testing
and listening with your own ears.

not sure boss, prolly you can test your sequence of turning on the tv or the soundbar and try to simulate or recreate the problem.

then you can find the correct solution.

Found some from the nets, its seem that the Samsung Anynet+ is causing this issues.
Mine Samsung LED ARC is on the HDMI2, and its from the 2011/2012 models(I think so), and the Anynet+ connections will be not able to turn ON the Receiver(soundbar), only Turn OFF is possible. Like this Samsung TV not able to save all the setting and communications.

Since its is hassle to take out and reconnect the HDMI, I have set the TV to External speaker, Anynet/ARC OFF and connect by Digital IN(TV).

I do get all the digital sound though...

Ahahaha

Side notes: Anyone that got Samsung LED TV and able to Turn OFF/ON the receiver/ soundboard, please do let me know.
Might purchase some after market Highspeed HDMI cable and ditch the supplied the cable with the Soundbar.

Went to Midvalley today, bought several big appliances and also included Sony HT-RT5, manage to get a good price at RM1999.00. Will only set it up in March when new home is ready.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Jan 4 2016, 01:42 AM

Same price with me...
Ahahaha...

I fully satisfied with this soundbar. The Philips B5 though is much higher price and got some "gemersik" in the sound when tested at the HN. But the offered price for this HT-RT5 is with my budget bracket.

Only that my Samsung ARC is not fully working...

In strictly stereo 2.0 usage, NT3 > RT5. The punch on the NT3 is livelier, more impactful. The difference however isn't very significant though, it's only noticeable at best.

But put a multi-channel source on play, well... virtual 5.1 will never beat actual 5.1, so there's that, no contest there.


Mentioned many times, ARC was and still is never a reliable way to connect your sources. One of the main reasons I so wholeheartedly recommend the RT5 is because of its input connections. 3 HDMI ins, 1 optical, 1 analog.

So I don't see why you wouldn't just connect all your devices to the RT5 directly. You eliminate the issue of audio sync issues, you eliminate any ARC headaches, and if you game, you get the lowest possible input lag given from the soundbar.

If you have more than 4 digital devices, then you can always get a good quality HDMI switcher (none of that bs self-powered crap) to supplement.

Gonna get a soundbar (with HDMI ports) soon. A quick question on connecting it to TV, should I;

1) all devices (HDMI) -> soundbar (via optical cable) -> TV, OR
2) all devices (HDMI) -> TV <- soundbar (via optical cable)?

Which would be better option?

i read up on the rt5, nice indeed. more hdmi is always good.

whats your setup
mine is mac mini (plex home theatre)
occasional usb
bd/dvd built in

I dont have any Media Player nor Playstation 4(might purchase its in future), most all the media is played through the Media Hub from the Samsung Smart TV. Its can play most of the downloaded mkv file.

I do have Astro and some HyppTv(unused), and all is connect to the Samsung.

If I connect all to the soundbar, its may hassle me to play media from the SmartTV, so current setup is all play through Samsung then audio is pass to the Soundbar using optical cable.

Might order some after market HDMI and tested its again.

Any advise on my setup?

If the soundbar you are going to buy has enough HDMI ports for all your devices, then just connect everything directly to it via HDMI. Then HDMI out to your TV. Keep it simple.

If not, then devices > TV via HDMI > soundbar via optical.

Understand that if you choose the 2nd option, your TV may only be able to send DD signals or worse, just 2.0 PCM. TVs that bitstream DD/DTS via optical are VERY rare.


So... what's the problem?

You basically only have 1 device, so connect Astro to the soundbar directly then.
Your TV? Just use optical out from your TV, problem solved. But like I explained before, you may not get 5.1/7.1 channels from your source since most TVs cannot even send DD 5.1.

I think the best option for you is to connect ASTRO HDMI -> RT5 ( not sure if astro have any content with 5.1)
For MKV files just get a media player that able to decode dd/dts or bitstreaming. Media player HDMI -> RT5

Then RT5 HDMI to your TV. I think the more device you go through the more headache. Sometimes could be compatibility issue or limitation issue.