Help with the best way to wire my set up..

[BeardedNinjaGuy]

Hello all.

Ive recently made the upgrade to Blu-Ray after much deliberation and have been hovering around this site for some time now reading reveiws and what not.

Im looking for some help as to what the best way it to go about wiring my set up to get the most out of my equipment. My TV is the weak part of my set up, but im hoping with help I can still get some great quality out of it PQ and AQ wise.

So, I have the Panasonic DMP-BD30K player, the Onkyo HT-SP908 audio system, and an RCA D52W20 HDTV. The TV is a few years old now, and doesnt really have the up to date input types. Im pretty much taxed out from the Player, the audio system, and the 40 movies I picked up, so id like to make that last for another year or two. So no "get a new tv you silly fool" comments please

Now, the major Drawback is the lack of HDMI input on the TV. I know this. Is this going to limit my audio connection options? Will I just run audio only from my Onkyo system and thats all (IE have no volume coming from the TV Speakers)?

Right now I have an HDMI to HDMI 1.3 cable, and an HDMI to DVI-D (the type of input on the TV) cable. Im guessing (When the stuff comes later this week) that Ill be running the HDMI to DVI from the DMP-BD30K to the TV, and the HDMI to HDMI from the DMP to the Onkyo.

Now I know from my reading that the DVI is video only, so Im guessing ill need some other type of cable to hear the sound from my Cable/TiVo sets jacked into the Onkyo system? Im guessing standard audio cables, but im wondering if there is something better I can use that im just not hip to.

My Cable box does have an HDMI output, but not the TiVo. Im not sure how to go about getting the best sound out of these. I really dont want to loose my TiVo to a better HD-DVR cable box (TiVo interface is so much better, and quicker). Tho I have had my TiVo box for about as long as the TV, perhaps there is some way of upgrading to a newer model TiVo that someone knows about that would have a better input type selection for me.

As a side question, the TV can do 1080i and 480p. Will the DMP-BD30K be limited to the 480p or will it do some shenanagans and use some form of the 1080i?

Thanks in advance.