Hey, I recently got a sony 32s3000 lcd and an SA 8300HD

I connected the 8300 to the tv via hdmi and then used the optical out of the tv to my logitech z5500 speakers . When I tuned to a channel that's suppose to be sending dolby digital, the pod said it played via prologic II. I disconnected and plugged the optical straight from the STB to the POD and DD played as DD. Do I have to always plug the audio sources straight to the POD for DD ?

I am planning on getting a ps3 for blu-ray movies and was wondering if I would encounter the same problem

Thanks

Hey, I recently got a sony 32s3000 lcd and an SA 8300HD

I connected the 8300 to the tv via hdmi and then used the optical out of the tv to my logitech z5500 speakers . When I tuned to a channel that's suppose to be sending dolby digital, the pod said it played via prologic II. I disconnected and plugged the optical straight from the STB to the POD and DD played as DD. Do I have to always plug the audio sources straight to the POD for DD ?

I am planning on getting a ps3 for blu-ray movies and was wondering if I would encounter the same problem

Thanks

yes, you will... the tv won't pass the 5.1 out of it's optical port that way... most (all?) of them will only pass 5.1 that comes in through their antenna port...

Ah ok , thanks, I found a coaxial cable and I'll just use this for my stb and my optical for ps3 :)