Greetings,
I have read this board quite a bit over the last year for advice but I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I have a HD A2 bought last year with a Denon avr 887 receiver. This HD DVD set up has been fantastic! Now with the incredible deals on the third gen players I want to get another and move the A2 upstairs. The 887 has HDMI which I have been using for video and sound. It also has 5.1 analog inputs which I have a Denon 1930ci plugged into for CD and SACD's.This Xmas I was given a PS3 for gaming. When I watched Pirates of the Caribbean on it I noticed the sound was a little richer than the HD A2 but the picture not as good. I bought a HD a30 last night with the 20% off coupon, but now I wonder if I should have bought the a35. The question I have is will I get better sound using the 5.1 channel inputs on the 887 vs the HDMI? I do have a 7.1 speaker set up so I thought I needed to use the HDMI? I really like the 887 so I really don't plan on upgrading that for at least a couple of years so I am left with the player's decoding. Does the a35 have a better DAC than the a30?, or is the difference just in the option to send the audio lossless via HDMI 1.3?
Thanks for your help.
I have read this board quite a bit over the last year for advice but I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I have a HD A2 bought last year with a Denon avr 887 receiver. This HD DVD set up has been fantastic! Now with the incredible deals on the third gen players I want to get another and move the A2 upstairs. The 887 has HDMI which I have been using for video and sound. It also has 5.1 analog inputs which I have a Denon 1930ci plugged into for CD and SACD's.This Xmas I was given a PS3 for gaming. When I watched Pirates of the Caribbean on it I noticed the sound was a little richer than the HD A2 but the picture not as good. I bought a HD a30 last night with the 20% off coupon, but now I wonder if I should have bought the a35. The question I have is will I get better sound using the 5.1 channel inputs on the 887 vs the HDMI? I do have a 7.1 speaker set up so I thought I needed to use the HDMI? I really like the 887 so I really don't plan on upgrading that for at least a couple of years so I am left with the player's decoding. Does the a35 have a better DAC than the a30?, or is the difference just in the option to send the audio lossless via HDMI 1.3?
Thanks for your help.