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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am very much knowledgeless about anything related to home theater syhstems. I want to check out something that I was told by a Best Buy salesperson before I go out and buy things that won't work. I have a Bose sound system for my Windows 8 pc. I was told that, if I have a TV with an HDMI poart, I canb connect it to the PC with a HDMI to PC cable. I was told that then I can play the TV through the PC which is set to play through the Bose sound system. I was told that I would not need specific software on the PC to do this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Because I found the above very hard to believe -- things usually aren't that simple -- I tried Google searches and also looked up HDMI to PC cables on Amazon. Everything I read talks about playing movies on the computer through a HD Tv and getting great video on a larger screen. Nothing talks about going the other way: playing audio from a TV through a computer sound system. So I am hoping that one of you can shed some light on this for me. Do you know of a way to get a TV to play through a PC Bose sound system? The Bose connects via USB, not with O connectors or 3.5 mm jacks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have had terrible luck with my PC TV Tuner card -- I install the card and the software, and it works for one or two TV watching sessions, and then it totally doesn't work. I uninstall, reinstall, and again it works for one or two TV watching sessions, and then it does not work. So I have given up on the idea of TV cards and am looking to buy a TV that I can hopefully make play through my good sound system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any thoughts anyone can offer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Terrie TErlau<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>