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onkyo tx-sr605 and sony bdp s350 advanced audio formats

by daytonfred Oct 22, 2008 1:00AM PDT

Hi I have the onkyo 605 and just bought the sony blu-ray bdp-s350. i am currently running my hdmi from the blu- ray player directly into my samsung 40 inch tv. and using the optical out to send the audio to the receiver. my 2 receiver hdmi's currently are being used for my direct tv hd receiver and my sony 400 disc dvd changer. my question is I don't seem to be getting True hd or other advanced codex this way I can get DD and DTS. Does the sony sed true hd etc. through the optical connection and will the onkyo recognize and/or decode it in the receiver or does it have to go thru a hdmi connection Thanks

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by jonnybones Oct 23, 2008 4:06PM PDT

So, here are some options.

1) Switch your cable box to component and run the hdmi's to your onkyo. use your optical cable for your cable box->receiver connection.

2) Ditch the 400 dvd changer because the blu-ray upconverts just like your player.

Fact: using your tv's optical output degrades the quality big time. those things are useless. You may even be better off with pro-logic. I would suggest re-routing your system like option 1. If you spent the money for the blu-ray, there is no reason it should take a back seat in terms of HDMI ports. Especially to something like a cable box that can run on component bumping it out of the way. Your receiver has the ability to upscale component inputs to hdmi outputs, so I would take advantage of that if I were you. (for the record, i have a 605)

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onkyo 605 and sony 350 blu-ray
by daytonfred Oct 23, 2008 11:35PM PDT

thanks for your suggestions .I had thought about option one but I wanted to make sure there would be a differance and it would be worth it. option two doesn't appeal to me as I have 400 discs in that changer and it allowed me to get 1 large and 2 small dvd storage cabinets out of my den (declutter) . Thanks again Fred

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you can still use hdmi for cable box
by jostenmeat Oct 24, 2008 5:23AM PDT

but just run it direct to tv. buy a cheap monoprice optical from that stb to receiver.

dont use optical out of tv

the only source available that benefits from having hdmi run to receiver for audio purposes is bluray.

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