Posted by Dave Oldridge on 02/26/07 05:47

"Cantemaza" <mckay020@umn.edu> wrote in news:1172456424.997502.101420
@z35g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> I have a new Sony 1080 55" with an HDMI input.
> I have a new Sony upconversion DVD player
> I do NOT have a reciever and speaker yet.
>
> Ok, I know that if I hook up my DVD player to the TV, I get amazing
> sound and picture with both the HD sound/video running through the
> HDMI cable.
>
> If I buy a receiver WITHOUT an HDMI passthrough (HDMI in/HDMI out),
> hook up the HDMI from the DVD player to the TV, and I run the single
> coaxial and left right channel sound from the DVD player to the non-
> HDMI receiver, will I still get amazing sound?
>
> Do I need to buy a receiver with and HDMI passthrough to go from the
> DVD to the receiver to the TV?
>
> I guess I really want to know if I run HDMI for the digital sound from
> the DVD player to the receiver, will I get superior sound?

I don't see how. Digital audio is digital audio. If you hook to your
receiver with a TOSlink fiber or a simple cable, you should get the same
quality, since the actual decoding is done by the receiver.


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