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av_phile : Glad to hear it works. So now you can record your DVDs audio output to the PC hard drive and subsequently into a CD or DVD writer. Right?
Sure, I could do that. I can record any digital output to my PC hard drive whether its cable TV, DVD, CD, or whatever. Then, I can also play it back digitally.
This is the thing the Onkyo supposedly prevents - the ability to hook a component up as both an input and output device - although on reflection it makes no sense and the manual is probably wrong. But here's what it says on page 22 of the 801 manual:
"If the device has a digital input, connect it to the DIGITAL
OUT OPT jack of the TX-NR801/TX-NR801E for
digital recording of the REC OUT signal from the
TX-NR801/TX-NR801E.
However, if the same device also has a digital output
and it has already been connected to the TX-NR801/
TX-NR801E, you cannot connect the digital input of
the device to the DIGITAL OUT jack of the TXNR801/
TX-NR801E simultaneously.
Note:
The output from the DIGITAL OUT jack of the
TX-NR801/TX-NR801E is only the digital signal input
to the DIGITAL IN jack."</font>