I have a 3-4 year old Onkyo HTIB, and used it with a 32" SDTV Sony Wega and Onkyo SDVD player. I connected my satellite SD receiver toslink output to the corresponding output on the 5.1 Onkyo receiver, and connected the coxial audio output on the DVD player to the corresponding Onkyo receiver ouput. I ran all my video directly to the TV; the only thing running through the HTS is the audio.
I have upgraded to a HD satellite receiver, a HDTV plasma (720P), and am looking at getting a blu-ray. I have also replace the (5) 3" speakers that came with the system with (4) 6 1/2" in-walls, and a polk CS2 center channel. Since the Onkyo reciever has no hdmi imput, and only one each optical and coaxial inputs, what I'm thinking about doing is connecting the (2) TV hdmi inputs to the satellite receiver and blu-ray, and then running from the TV optical output to the Onkyo receiver. I'll contiunue to keep the SDVD coaxial connected to the Onkyo and use it for CD's (it's a 5 disk changer).
Does that sound like the best procedure with my limited equipment? Will everything work properly? Would I be better off upgrading my 5.1 receiver, or would that just be a waste of money?
I have upgraded to a HD satellite receiver, a HDTV plasma (720P), and am looking at getting a blu-ray. I have also replace the (5) 3" speakers that came with the system with (4) 6 1/2" in-walls, and a polk CS2 center channel. Since the Onkyo reciever has no hdmi imput, and only one each optical and coaxial inputs, what I'm thinking about doing is connecting the (2) TV hdmi inputs to the satellite receiver and blu-ray, and then running from the TV optical output to the Onkyo receiver. I'll contiunue to keep the SDVD coaxial connected to the Onkyo and use it for CD's (it's a 5 disk changer).
Does that sound like the best procedure with my limited equipment? Will everything work properly? Would I be better off upgrading my 5.1 receiver, or would that just be a waste of money?