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[Bigoez77]

heres wat i have
Panasonic G25
Samsung BDP 3600
JVC RX-8000V
Directv hd box
i would like to know what is the best way to connect all of my components and get the best quality i can. heres the manual for the receiver http://www.fixya.com/support/p182893...r/manual-17225

[roar]

You will want to go HDMI from your blu ray player and direct tv box directly into your television as your receiver does not do HDMI. Then you will want to go digital audio out of your blu ray player and direct tv box into your receiver as it has 4 optical inputs.

So the receiver will switch the sound and the tv will switch the video.

[BIslander]

The Samsung BD-P3600 has multichannel analog outputs and the JVC has analog inputs. So, instead of optical, you could use 6-8 analog cables and get lossless TrueHD and dts-MA that way.

[roar]

Originally Posted by BIslander

The Samsung BD-P3600 has multichannel analog outputs and the JVC has analog inputs. So, instead of optical, you could use 6-8 analog cables and get lossless TrueHD and dts-MA that way.

I didn't even check to see if the BD-P3600 had analog outs on it, so few bd players have that, good catch.

[Bigoez77]

thanks for the help and for the multi channel analog can i use any analog cables?

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by Bigoez77

thanks for the help and for the multi channel analog can i use any analog cables?

Yes, any cables with RCA connectors will work. Analog is not simple plug and play like digital. There's an article at the BigPictureBigSound website describing the set-up:

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Ho..._And_Why.shtml

While analog will give you lossless, it may not end up sounding better than optical. The lossy codecs on BD are less compressed than the versions on DVD and they sound great.