The reciever is an old Sony 545. I don't have 5.1 outs on my current player as it is older with no progressive scan etc...I will be getting a Hi Def set later this year with a new DVD player that I want to support SACD DVDA. If I do I assune then it will have 5.1 analog outputs so my question...
What I was asking is do you get the same sound using the optical input as you would using the analog 5.1? So if what your saying then there isn't a need for a dvd/cd player with 5.1 outs if your reciever can decode using DTS by optical connections? How does that affect sacd etc...?