If anyone can help me out to answer some questions I have I would greatly appreciate it. I am kind of a newbie to hooking up home theater systems so please bare with me. I have a forty two inch vizio hdtv hooked up with HDMI cable to my PS3 system for blu ray playing. I'm currently thinking about buying a 5.1 home theater system to hook up to my ps3 but I am unsure which cable(s) I need in order to do so. I'm currently looking at buying this system but I'm unsure which cables I'll need to hook up for best quality.

Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX589W 5.1-Channel Theater System (Black)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001W0Y440/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p23_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0MDGP3AHVP51AVKKHF2R&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Nah the wireless isn't really needed it was just more of a less hassle for me since I have a puppy and I don't want her to chew on the cords acidentually. How would the HDMI work though?, the PS3 only has one HDMI hookup and that is going to my HDTV. So I would hook up my HDMI from the PS3 to the Receiver and hook up what else to the tv as far as cables?. I would need a optical audio cable also right?. I thought that the wireless system had a built in receiver with the DVD / CD player but wasn't sure, others online said it did, but I wanted to make sure and now I'm glad I did for sure.

I'm okay with whichever system I need in order to have surround sound quality. Personally I like the cordless speakers but they aren't needed it is just personal preference although they could cause some problems most likely. I think the "Sony HT-SS360" are nice and that is definitely in my price range, I'm looking for a receiver system with some speakers so those are perfect and they cost about 100 bucks less then the other Sony wireless speaker system I was thinking of in the first place. The real problem for me unfortunately is that I do not know anything about hooking up the cables to the receiver and what to set them on.


  If I do purchase the "Sony HT-SS360'', which cords would I need in order to hook the receiver up to my PS3 from scratch to finish?. I already have the HDMI cable from my HDTV going into my PS3 so would I just take the HDMI out of the HDTV and stick it into the receiver instead?, what cord would I need to stick into the HDTV from the receiver since the HDMI would be going into the receiver?.


  Sorry for all the questions I am new to this stuff, my perfection is within building computer system and software, lol I know, I know it sounds strange but its true. As for cables, would I need a optical audio cable to hookup from the PS3 into the receiver as well? or will the HDMI handle both of these if I just turn on LPCM instead of bitstream?. Thanks for all your help by the way, I really needed it, or I would have bought something stupid and regret it. I'm thinking of going with the "Sony HT-SS360", would you recommend this as a good receiver system?.

 

Edited by Drok - 11/18/09 at 3:50am

I agree with you about being lukewarm with Sony products, but for the price and all the reviews I've read it has all high four to five star reviews except two people who nit picked the system to pieces. So let me get this straight, I hook up the HDMI from the PS3 into the receiver then another HDMI from the receiver to the HDTV, I've got that down but would I be able to hook up my DirectTV's HDMI cable from the TV to the receiver and use another HDMI from the receiver to the HDTV?. I'm using the Vizio 42" LCD HDTV, PS3 and DirectTV service through HDMI for high definition audio and picture.

Edited by Drok - 11/18/09 at 9:49am

Thanks allot for all your support with helping me out with the questions everyone. I really appreciate the help!. Have a nice day and a even better weekend!. :)