Splitting HDMI from Blu Ray Player

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I've got a NOOB home theater question. I have a Samsung BD-P 1200 blu ray player, and upscaling standard DVDs look really great when sent direct to the TV via HDMI - better than if I run the video through my Onkyo receiver and from there to the TV. But if I use the one HDMI output from the player to the TV, I have to use a coax or optical cable to run the audio to the receiver. Dolby Digital EX and some discrete audio formats seem to only travel over HDMI, and 5.1 DD doesn't sound nearly as good as DD EX.

Soooo, I want to run separate HDMI cables to the receiver adn the TV. I bought a cheap hdmi "one into two" splitter from Monoprice but it couldn't get make an hdmi handshake with either the receiver or the TV. Has anyone come up with a solution to splitting the hdmi signal from their player and sending it to both TV and receiver???