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Re: What happens if I don't upgrade my receiver?
It's ok to use older receivers with newer gear. The biggest difference will be with the blu ray player. If that player has the 5.1 analog outputs, and your receiver has the 5.1 analog inputs, you can still hear the HD audio from blu ray movies. If the player doesn't have the analog outputs, you can use optical or digital coax, just as you probably already do, and still get DD and DTS. But, to me, that's defeating one of the main purposes of a blu ray player. I'd rather have the HD audio, than the HD picture, personally.
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Re: What happens if I don't upgrade my receiver?
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| If that player has the 5.1 analog outputs, and your receiver has the 5.1 analog inputs, you can still hear the HD audio from blu ray movies. |
That's not necessarily true. Some BluRay/HD-DVD players have 5.1 analog outputs but don't internally decode DolbyTrue HD and DTS-MA. The 1500 has the 5.1's and will decode Dolby True HD but not DTS-MA. My 1400 also sends out DolbyTrue HD but down converts DTS-MA to DTS-HD. The 1500 will down convert DTS-MA to regular DTS, if my information is correct.
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| It is crazy to even want to use my current receiver with this new TV and Blu-Ray? |
In addition to what Ed has already said, a new receiver has much more to offer than an 8 year old one. But depending on which speakers you have, your money might be better spent there than on a new receiver.
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