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Default Sony BDP-S550 BD Player

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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William Sommerwerck wrote:

"Cheap home player" and "analog audio output" (presumably of the
lossless HD formats) are mutually exclusive. Getting the latter
requires specialized chips, which you won't find in cheap players.


No, the minimal requirement would be a digital coax or optical connector
not analog. Even the cheapie Sony I tried had a digital coax connector
but
that's the exception. Many have nothing on the back but the HDMI
connector
so I can't go quite that low if the player is to be useable in an
emergency
at my business. (At home that's fine as I don't do fancy sound at
home --
just the tv sound.)


To the best of my knowledge, you can't get 5.1 or 7.1 HD audio through a
coax or optical connector. My understanding is that that is what you
wanted.




Sure you can. I get Dolby Digital etc for optical and coaxial digital
outputs all the time at work.

(I work on surround receivers etc.)

Mark Z.