PC-to-AVR HDMI Audio & Duplicated Displays

[Ch33pnis]

PROBLEM: Can't output HDMI audio from PC to AVR without a display associated with that audio. I call this display the "phantom display" because it is being output to a screen that is not being used. ex) TV Input1= 4k60 (from GPU directly to 4kTV) TV Input2= 4k30 (from GPU to AVR to 4kTV) where Input2 is only used to send HDMI audio to the AVR, and will not be seen, since Input1 of TV will be used instead. SOLUTION: eARC, or an AVR that outputs video at the desired resolution and refresh rate. HOWEVER, I imagine that there are many people like me, who have older 4kTVs without eARC, an

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