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You paid good money for a PS3 and you're not getting it's full benefit!
Outside of spending $500+ for a dedicated blu-ray player, the PS3 is recommend as one of the best blu-ray players on the market today.
If you have a PS3 you can use that other sony DVD player as a door stop. Don't worry about "Burning out" the PS3. I use my PS3 heavily and it's going strong.
Get a HDMI and optical cable from monoprice.com. The crisp image you will see on your new HDTV will make you never go back to RCA or component. You might also notice a higher fidelity in your audio too. HDMI for the PS3 video into the TV, optical for the sound PS3 into your receiver.
I don't know what you have for standard TV viewing, but if you have a HD cable box you could grab another HDMI cable for that too. if you want cableTV to play through the receiver than you might need to go digital coax for audio from the cable box to receiver, as the receiver only has 1 optical input.
Ok first list all of your components including any cable boxes then we'll square away your plan and have your home sounding good.
I have a Verizon DVR-HD box and listed all of the componet's earlier in the thread
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Originally Posted by kayo_michael
You paid good money for a PS3 and you're not getting it's full benefit!
Outside of spending $500+ for a dedicated blu-ray player, the PS3 is recommend as one of the best blu-ray players on the market today.
If you have a PS3 you can use that other sony DVD player as a door stop. Don't worry about "Burning out" the PS3. I use my PS3 heavily and it's going strong.
Get a HDMI and optical cable from monoprice.com. The crisp image you will see on your new HDTV will make you never go back to RCA or component. You might also notice a higher fidelity in your audio too. HDMI for the PS3 video into the TV, optical for the sound PS3 into your receiver.
I don't know what you have for standard TV viewing, but if you have a HD cable box you could grab another HDMI cable for that too. if you want cableTV to play through the receiver than you might need to go digital coax for audio from the cable box to receiver, as the receiver only has 1 optical input.
hope this helps a bit
I'm going to take that advice and use the PS3 . So far i have my DVR-HD linked to my receiver using a Digital Optical , RCA jacks going from my receiver to my LCD-TV , HDMI for the PS3 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketfish%26%23153;+-+4'+HDMI-In-Wall+Cable+-+Dark+Gray/8880918.p?id=1210982227965&skuId=8880918 (broken link) , and a HDMI that Verizon supplied for the link between my top box and LCD-TV
Time is kinda a issue being that on monday i'm starting my kitchen and would like to get this out of the way , i do have a few RCA jacks that seem to work fine . I'm planning on buying a HDMI cable for my PS3 soon
Then at least don't buy the Monster brand, get Acoustic Research if they're still selling that. It'll be perfectly fine. Hell, check if MicroCenter has some cheaper cables... it won't make a big difference.
ok since this is the thread for home theater challenged long islanders... i'll ask this here...
if i run my blu ray dvd to the tv via hdmi then the tv to the home theater system via optical cable, will i be getting the optimum picture and sound???
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if i run my blu ray dvd to the tv via hdmi then the tv to the home theater system via optical cable, will i be getting the optimum picture and sound???
No. You want to run your audio from the blu-ray/DVD player to the receiver.
This is because the surround sound signal will be carried from the source to the tv, but your tv can only process 2ch of sound, stereo. You tv only has 2 speakers. Therefore the audio transfered from the tv to the receiver will only be 2ch.
Also, optical cable has limitations on bandwidth, which limits the ability to listen to audio in Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital TrueHD, and DTS-HD MA, and any 7.1. Only HDMI supports those encodings.
You also have to bitstream your audio, as LPCM requires too much data. If you LPCM your 5.1 audio over optical, you will get 2ch stereo. This isn't a big deal for the general population who spent under $1000 on speakers alone.
If you're looking for "optimum" fidelity in video and audio, first you must have a receiver that can handle uncompressed video and audio all over HDMI.
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