7.1 surround sound?

Question

i have a onkyo 7.1 system and it doesnt say HDMI on it can i buy a coaxel cord or a optical cable to get 7.1 PCM or TRUE HD on blu ray

Answer 1

Hd sound , your talking about True HD or DTS master audio right?

Well first of all youu can only get it from a Blue-ray player,not from a cable box or regular dvd player.

If your receiver is not hdmi equipped there is one option to get uncompressed True HD sound

Your receiver must have analog Multi-channel inputs in rear,and your blu-ray player must have analog multi-channel outputs.

the chances are good that your receiver has the 7.1 inputs.but while many Blu-ray players have the 5.1 multi-channel output not many if any (yet) have the full 7.1

You can get regular dolby digital and dts with optical/coaxial

connection,but not the new hd sound formats.

This is your Best Answer

Answer 2

to get true hd you need a receiver that can be able to decode True HD and/or DTS HD and it can be through hdmi version 1.3 or optical/coaxial cable.

a receiver that said HDMI its only means that have HDMi input/output and that can pass through HDMI or can do HDMI switching and/or upconverting signals depend on the receiver that doesn't guarantee that can do True HD or DTS HD !

Answer 3

both of the above answers are sort of correct with the excpetion there is not a true7.1 surrond, so the answer woudl be no you will not egt a true 7.1 now because it doesn't exist, the rear surrounds are the same and simulated.