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eARC when using Roku

I have a Lyngdorf mp 60 2.1 that is currently connected to a Roku ultra via HDMI for both audio and video.  Is there any advantage connecting The Roku directly to the tv, a LG 2.1 hdmi, via HDMI and running the audio back to the Lyngdorf  from the tv using the eARC HDMI of the LG tv. Since the video from the Roku is not processed and is only passed  through, by the Lyngdorf a direct connection to the tv for video maybe better?   Please advise. Thanks.

Guy

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fuzztone
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All you can do is try it.

In my experience I'd never seen a TV pass surround channels.

Not an issue for Roku. 

erik_squires
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Well, I'm pretty sure you would be able to tell pretty quickly if the video suffered.

 

Personally, I would run everything through your Lyngdorf and keep it simple. I've also never seen an Audio Return Channel that was all that reliable.

unsound
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FWIW, I found switching back and forth between streaming Roku and broadcast over the air TV much easier with the Roku directly into the TV then to my Oppo 205, than when the Roku went directly through my Oppo 205 then to the TV.

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