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mfabien
Senior Audioholic
I have no problem with the connections you suggest above.Ok, so what would be the problem with running sat. direct to one HDMI input on the TV and the Blu-ray/HD DVD through the receiver then to the TV's other HDMI input? Also, why does the OP need to use HDMI to connect the sat. to the tv, why not use component as it would likely yeild the same picture quality? Why I ask, WHY?!
I see no reason why sound should be sacrificed for NO REASON!
As for sound with HDMI, with a proper receiver which can passthrough sound as decoded by an HD player, that is ideal because the speaker levels and crossover set in the audio receiver will apply. The other solution is the use of the 5.1 multichannel analogs. In the latter case, the player has settings for speaker size, levels and crossover but the subwoofer setting level is not sufficient to compensate for the -10 dB difference with other speakers and one should increase GAIN at the subwoofer.