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i'm FINALLY getting a big screen tv!! i have questions....

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shmokes:
Either digital audio is fine, whether you go coax or optical.  You won't notice a difference between them.  The coax cable just looks like a single RCA cable.  In fact, you can actually just use an RCA cable rather than getting an actual digital audio cable, though the sound will supposedly be compromised.  Never tested it myself.  I would just see how many devices you have that support digital audio, and then see how many digital audio inputs you have on your receiver.  If you have, for example, two optical inputs and two coax inputs, use whatever your devices support.  If your DVD player has a coax digital audio output, use it, and that frees up an optical for another device.

ChadTower:

If he needs to use the gamestop selector I'm guessing his receiver can't do video switching, and that would make it likely that it doesn't have very many digital audio inputs as well.

hulkster:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 01, 2007, 12:20:44 pm ---
If he needs to use the gamestop selector I'm guessing his receiver can't do video switching, and that would make it likely that it doesn't have very many digital audio inputs as well.

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well i can go from video 1 to video 2 on my receiver but thats about it.  i have my tivo set to video 2, and my game systems set to video 1....er rather i have my game selector to video 1.  that way i can keep everything plugged into the receiver, and all i have to do is flick a switch. 

do the newer receivers have like video 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. to allow for multiple game systems???

ChadTower:

Yep.  Mine has a bunch of source inputs.  Not necessarily newer receivers but more expensive ones do.

shardian:

--- Quote from: shmokes on August 01, 2007, 12:15:31 pm ---Either digital audio is fine, whether you go coax or optical.  You won't notice a difference between them.  The coax cable just looks like a single RCA cable.  In fact, you can actually just use an RCA cable rather than getting an actual digital audio cable, though the sound will supposedly be compromised.  Never tested it myself.  I would just see how many devices you have that support digital audio, and then see how many digital audio inputs you have on your receiver.  If you have, for example, two optical inputs and two coax inputs, use whatever your devices support.  If your DVD player has a coax digital audio output, use it, and that frees up an optical for another device.

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You can't just use a regular rca cable on digital coax - I tried to skimp this way too. The receiver didn't recognize the connection. I used digital coax for a few years, then decided to try out the optical since I had bought a dvd player that supported it. I can tell you I heard no difference whatsoever. If I even had to venture a guess, I would say the digital coax might have sounded better.

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