Newbie question..

Not sure if this is the best thread.. but am going thru AVR and soundbar to buy, then something hit me, what about movie in hard drive?

Most soundbar would require me to use optical cable, so am I correct to assume the audio from my hard drive movies will play in the soundbar?

If I get an AVR, I will connect the TV to the ARC output with astro, BD, PS4 to the AVR. Then, the hard drive still connects to TV, will the audio play thru the AVR or just the TV speakers? What about laptop, usually I connect it to the TV HDMI, if I do that will the audio play via AVR or i have to connect it to the AVR HDMI Input?

Thanks.

Awesome!!!

Thanks for the fast reply. Ok, I can continue researching for which AVR to invest in

Nothing. Just upgraded my TV so now looking for better sound system.

At first looking at soundbar, so far 1 have these 3 in mind:

Samsung HW-K551
Sonos Playbar
Sony HT-CT-390

Then, of course got poisoned to look at AVR, so far keeping these in compare list

Marantz NR1506
Yamaha RX-V381
Denon AVR-1713

All basically entry model, I try to keep budget below 3k with speakers.

Haven't decided which speaker to buy. Once I decided with AVR, then will start to look for speakers.

That is what I thought, but everywhere in LYN says if getting soundbar around 2k, AVR at that price range with 2.1 system is WAAAAAAAAAAAYYY better.

So, now I am confused, again.