Blu-ray Audio question involving DVI

[PMWilson]

Hi There,

Another newbie question from someone trying to catch up...
All of my home theatre equipment is Sony from 2003. Absolutely no HDMI ports of any kind. However, I have all other cable options from an audio stand point. So I have to assume that HD-Dolby is out of the question. I can live with that I guess. But will standard 5.1 Dolby audio be possible if I get a Blu-Ray player? My TV has a DVI output so hooking up the Blu-ray player to my TV won't be a problem. But how should I hook up my Blu-Ray player to a receiver that has no HDMI to get standard Dolby 5.1? Any help would be appreciated. Again my reciever has everything but HDMI, so it has a coax, component etc. Will those audio options give me standard Dolby 5.1 with a Blu-Ray player?

[gearyt]

TosLink, Optical or Coax will give you 5.1

[Edh63]

I've got the same situation on my receiver... no HDMI. I hook the Blue Ray to the Plasma via HDMI cable and run the optical cable from Blue Ray to the receiver. You'll need to go into the Blue Ray and set PCM to Bitstream to get your 5.1 to sound correctly.

I had mine set to PCM at first and it was lacking. After grabbing some advice from these forums, I switched to Bitstream and the system rocked.

Anyone, please chime in a correct me if I'm wrong.

[un4gvn94538]

if i remember correctly i think you can get true hd via 5.1 inputs on your reciever if it has it. just need a player with 5.1 out

[PMWilson]

Thanks guys.
This forum rocks for information and advice.

On a side note:
I'm completely dissappointed with Sony support.
As I spent almost $10K on my Sony Home Theatre system back in 2003.
And what thanks did I get from Sony when I asked them for Blu-ray help?
Well I'm glad you asked.
They basically told me to get lost as any Blu-ray addition to my system would not be supported by Sony with my present 2002 / 2003 system. I can understand how technology changes and that Sony has to protect themselves, but they could at least give me the steps to at least "try" to get Blu-ray working on my system with a disclaimer that it might not work and that they won't suppoet me if problems persist.
That would at least set my expectations. And big chains like Best Buy have money back returns so I could always get my money back if all else fails.
Sony, you know how to treat your customers...or is $10K not enough to make me a real customer? If I ever get a new Home Theatre system...I gaurantee it won't be Sony...any of it.
Ok my rants over
And this forum still rocks
Looking forward to Blu-ray, and any technology challenge it may give me.

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by PMWilson

They basically told me to get lost as any Blu-ray addition to my system would not be supported by Sony with my present 2002 / 2003 system.

eh...what SONY home theater system? ...and why is it not compatible with Bluray? as long as it has audio / video inputs and can turn on, it is compatible.

[jfrankowski]

Originally Posted by PMWilson

Thanks guys.
This forum rocks for information and advice.

On a side note:
I'm completely dissappointed with Sony support.
As I spent almost $10K on my Sony Home Theatre system back in 2003.
And what thanks did I get from Sony when I asked them for Blu-ray help?
Well I'm glad you asked.
They basically told me to get lost as any Blu-ray addition to my system would not be supported by Sony with my present 2002 / 2003 system. I can understand how technology changes and that Sony has to protect themselves, but they could at least give me the steps to at least "try" to get Blu-ray working on my system with a disclaimer that it might not work and that they won't suppoet me if problems persist.
That would at least set my expectations. And big chains like Best Buy have money back returns so I could always get my money back if all else fails.
Sony, you know how to treat your customers...or is $10K not enough to make me a real customer? If I ever get a new Home Theatre system...I gaurantee it won't be Sony...any of it.
Ok my rants over
And this forum still rocks
Looking forward to Blu-ray, and any technology challenge it may give me.

I spent big bucks on Sony, One for $7,000 for their 70 wbx wega TV.
Now I'm sending emails about their Sony BDPS301 and all I get is, no fixes, just comments saying 'thanks for buying Sony'.
NO MORE, and you can send this to Sony.