woodchucker
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So, we got Directv a couple weeks ago. First time ever in my life paying for tv, but it's only about $15 extra on our AT&T bill, so whatever.
Conundrum: I thought it would be easy to plug the audio output from the receiver into my DVD home theater system. Nope. The receiver is digital audio out and the DVD player is analog only in. I know there are converters, but you don't get true 5.1 sound.
We have a Blu-ray player, but it's not a home theater system.
Unless I'm missing something, I need to start from scratch, probably with a Blu-ray home theater system? Or, buy a stand-alone system and plug everything into that, but I can't imagine that's a whole lot cheaper.
Am I thinking correctly on this? If so, any recommendations on systems that give a decent bang for the buck? I'm trying to stay under $300 if possible. Probably wait for Black Friday ... hopefully score a deal.
Conundrum: I thought it would be easy to plug the audio output from the receiver into my DVD home theater system. Nope. The receiver is digital audio out and the DVD player is analog only in. I know there are converters, but you don't get true 5.1 sound.
We have a Blu-ray player, but it's not a home theater system.
Unless I'm missing something, I need to start from scratch, probably with a Blu-ray home theater system? Or, buy a stand-alone system and plug everything into that, but I can't imagine that's a whole lot cheaper.
Am I thinking correctly on this? If so, any recommendations on systems that give a decent bang for the buck? I'm trying to stay under $300 if possible. Probably wait for Black Friday ... hopefully score a deal.