I want to get digital audio out of my TV, how do I do this?

Question

I have been looking at the logitech 5500 digital speakers.

I have a sony projection HDTV. The TV does NOT have an SPDIF digital audio out connector, but my HD Set top box from verizon FIOS DOES have the SPDIF out.

Thus if I got the digital speakers, and used them connected to the HD set top box, I would only get digital surround sound on fios TV right?

I wouldn't get any digital surround sound from xbox 360 or the dvd player?

Answer 1

You would be better off going with speakers designed for home theater use as opposed to a basic computer speaker system.

Answer 2

Yes, it will work just fine with both your Fios and the xbox and the DVD player.

It look slike it has only one optical and one coax s/pdif so you will have to connect/disconnect plugs as you change sources.

For more convenience, you may want to invest on a low-cost AV-receiver (with multiple s/pdif inputs) and separate speakers.