Can i still get sound from my old DVD Home Theater System?

[Phil Taylor]

Originally Posted by benbess

Is there a receiver that does lossless hd for c. $300 or so? Whatever the price, what brand and model do you recommend...?

Here's a nice economical 5.1 AVR from Yamaha with decent specs - does the HD audio and has 4 HDMI inputs - just under $330 shipped - that's US - Amazon won't ship it to Canada but you should be able to find it locally --
http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V465...dp/B001S2RD9U/

True that you may not notice a lot of difference ... depends on your ears and standards.

[benbess]

Phil and Bilander: Many thanks. I'll think it over....

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Phil Taylor

Here's a nice economical 5.1 AVR from Yamaha with decent specs - does the HD audio and has 4 HDMI inputs - just under $330 shipped - that's US - Amazon won't ship it to Canada but you should be able to find it locally --
http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V465...dp/B001S2RD9U/

True that you may not notice a lot of difference ... depends on your ears and standards.

I would recommend the Denon AVR590 over the Yamaha. They really stripped down that Yamaha from last years version. It's significantly lighter and has spring connectors for the speakers. I was looking at this Yamaha when buying my receiver and it just felt cheaply made compared to the Denon. Which I did buy and have greatly enjoyed it's flawless performance for the past couple of months.

You may want to look into the Onkyo 507 as well.

[XBR8]

Hello!

My Hometheater setup includes:

- Sony XBR8 with multiple HDMI inputs
- Yamaha RX V620 which has multichannel analog and optical but no HDMI
- PS3 slim.

I plan to route HDMI from PS3 to TV for video. I will primarily be using the PS3to watch blu ray movies, second to gaming. Therefore 5.1 Dolby/DTS surround sound is important.

Is it possible to connect the multi AV (audio only) to the reciever or is optical
the only option? I'm not a big fan of optical since there is some loss in the conversion of signal from electrical/light.

I'm interested in knowing the best audio option for this scenario with non-HDMI reciever and PS3.

Thanks for your help.

[progers13]

Originally Posted by XBR8

Hello!

My Hometheater setup includes:

- Sony XBR8 with multiple HDMI inputs
- Yamaha RX V620 which has multichannel analog and optical but no HDMI
- PS3 slim.

I plan to route HDMI from PS3 to TV for video. I will primarily be using the PS3to watch blu ray movies, second to gaming. Therefore 5.1 Dolby/DTS surround sound is important.

Is it possible to connect the multi AV (audio only) to the reciever or is optical
the only option? I'm not a big fan of optical since there is some loss in the conversion of signal from electrical/light.

I'm interested in knowing the best audio option for this scenario with non-HDMI reciever and PS3.

Thanks for your help.

Unfortunately the PS3 does not have multi-channel outs. You will have to connect via optical from the PS3 to the receiver (I don't recommend going optical from TV to receiver). The DD 5.1 / DTS core tracks are still a noticeable upgrade from DVD.

You may want to put away money from time to time and save up for a new receiver with HDMI inputs to get lossless audio.

This link should help:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=40872