Connecting intel mini to samsung lcd NOT just as monitor

I want to use my mini as an entertainment hub, so I want audio too. I have the dvi going to hdmi right now, but of course no audio.
I am pretty sure from research that component out from dvi wont work. The only reason I ask is because a component in would leave me a place to put the audio in on my tv, keeping the signal together. I have the audio out on my tv going to my stereo (if I want it) so as to not be tied to surround sound all the time.
So I am thinking my only mini audio option is to put the video into the tv through hdmi and the audio right into the stereo.
That is unless anyone here has any inside info or secret knowledge they would like to share???
Thanks in advance.
John

The mini outputs video only through the display connector, so regardless of what adaptors you use, you will not get audio.
However, most TVs which have input for external devices such as computers, have at least one port which offers video with separate audio connectors - and then a setting in the TV to switch that input between accepting audio via the video connector or the separate audio. That's how I have my mini connected to a Toshiba HDTV and it works very well.
One way or another, you can't keep the video and audio together since the mini doesn't offer that option. Wether you route the audio to the TV or a separate stereo system, I think that's really your only practical choice.

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