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Originally Posted by C-A-S
Hey what's up?
I'm hoping somebody can shed a little light on a few things for me. I'm looking to buy the Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray HT system. I'm usually very good at hooking up these kind of things but I never had to deal with HDMI with a surround system before and I just want to be clear on some things.
What I want to be able to do is get not only the Blu-ray HT to be in surround sound (that's easy enough) but I want to be able to have my cable TV and my Xbox 360 to be in surround sound as well.
Thank you so much for your time.
Corey.
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Corey, you could get the unit you are looking at, and order one of these:
For only $5.25 each when QTY 50+ purchased - 3X1 Optical Audio Toslink Bi-Directional Manual Switch | Toslink Switch / Converter
That you will allow you to switch up to three optical sources for use with the Panasonic HTIB.
Or, IMO this combo is an even
better solution:
Amazon.com: Onkyo HT-SP908 7.1 Channel Home Theater System: Electronics
Buy the Philips BDP7200/37 Blu-ray DVD player and other HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc players at circuitcity.com
That will give you a nice entry-level Blu-ray player as well as a killer receiver/HT package with lots of inputs and a DVD player to spare! The Blu-ray player I listed can bitstream the nextgen codecs to the receiver in the Onkyo SP908 for full-resolution Blu-ray audio! IMO the Onkyo SP908 + Philips BDP7200 combo will give you higher quality than the Panasonic HTIB you picked out.
Another possibly good BD player option instead of the Philips is the Samsung 1500, which so far seems to be a lot better than its precessors and the best bang-for-buck:
Samsung - Blu-ray High-Definition Disc Player with 1080p Output - BD-P1500