1) HDMI on the DVD player to HDMI on the TV. 2) Toslink digital audio on the DVD player to toslink on the receiver. UNLESS the TV has a digital audio out. Then you can run from that to the Toslink input on the receiver.
Blue Jeans definitely makes good cables... but I've been very happy with monoprice.com . A 25-foot HDMI cable for $33.95 is pretty hard to beat. They also have hard-to find items like three-foot toslink cables, when you don't want to have a lot of extra cable in a rack, and four bucks apiece is...