I have a new HD set-top box from my cable company, with HDMI out (among many others). My HDTV has HDMI in, but of course I want to run sound thru my receiver / surround sound setup (which does NOT have HDMI capability).
My receiver does have all other inputs (optical, etc) and my Cable box has optical OR digital audio out. What is the best setup to use here? If I send HDMI to the TV, can I also do audio out to the reciver? If so, what is the best type of connection? Thanks!!
Thanks very much Michael. Do you know, would it be better to run component directly into the TV and optical audio into the receiver - or ALL to the receiver. I have an older receiver without component inputs and would avoid getting a new one if there wasn't a sync problem. Thanks!