I just ordered a Panasonic 3D TV, and a an Oppo 93 blue ray 3D DVD player, and want to connect to my older Onkyo TX-SR803 receiver, which has HDMI 1.1 switching. I know the receiver switching via HDMI will not work for video , so I plan to run the video from the Cable box and Oppo directly to the TV. I have a question about the audio. My audio sources will be a Verizon FIOS Motorola 7216-1, and the OPPO, (which can do all audio decoding internally). Can the receiver HDMI 1.1 handle the 5.1 or newer audio formats from the OPPO player, since it will output PCM internally? I currently use optical out for the cable box and older Oppo player. Am I correct in assuming that HDMI 1.1 will handle audio just fine if I use HDMI cables for audio? I don't want to get a new receiver unless it is necessary. Fortunately the OPPO 93 permits using one HDMI port to audio, and another to video. I assume the cable box does not output audio formats that the receiver cannot handle now. I hope there are no handshake issues with the older receiver.
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