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Originally Posted by c.sperling8 /forum/post/19508263
First off, you have a great gpu, so it can transmit audio and video no problem. You should be able to do exactly what you are describing without any issues (PC > Receiver > TV). If you plug in the receiver and all you get is sound with no video, try extending your screens via the screen resolution page in display properties.
And actually if you read that one really long post in the thread he was saying that a movie music producer couldn't hear the difference between a lossless vs compressed version, so the difference that people say is there is not as apparent as they make it seem. I am not saying that lossless is equal too, but just that to most ears the differences will be indistinguishable. With your system/receiver combo I will say the differences will be very hard to notice, if you can notice it at all. Either way TOSLINK does full 5.1, just not lossless, so once again the difference will be hard to notice.
In terms of your receiver, the only thing that you need to worry about is powering the speakers, because all your peripherals (PC, monitor, etc) are all self powered. Since it was a HITB set up, your receiver will work great (unless you decide to upgrade the speakers).