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  1. oldwoodchuckb

    Trying to get TOSLink into a standard receiver

    Come on Bill I'm, not angry, just sort of discouraged to find that buying electronics is still a crap shoot - and I do mean Crap. On the other hand, some of you folks all seem to be angry that I don't wish to replace a good receiver with some cheap POS from Best Buy. I asked if...
  2. oldwoodchuckb

    Trying to get TOSLink into a standard receiver

    This is like the story of the two golfers who are out having a great time and then get to the 11th hole which has a water hazard. At that hole there are a couple guys sitting on the bank, fishing. One golfer turns to the other and says, "Look at those two idiots, out fishing in the worst...
  3. oldwoodchuckb

    Trying to get TOSLink into a standard receiver

    Jason, et all Yes I did overreact a bit - in fact quite a bit, but my excuse is that I've not been exactly ecstatic about my new system. Or HD in general. I'm not really a "Home Theater" type of guy - I like to watch movies but TCM is mostly good enough for me, except they seem to have given...
  4. oldwoodchuckb

    Trying to get TOSLink into a standard receiver

    Great. This is just what I was afraid of - and a lot of the reason why I didn't buy an HDTV until my old Sony literally cooked itself. So it appears I'll have to buy one of those Home Theater receivers - another several hundred dollars for nothing I want, save for the remote. I think I'll just...
  5. oldwoodchuckb

    Trying to get TOSLink into a standard receiver

    Mt new HDTV has a million Inputs but only one output - a TOSLink fibre-optic connector. I know I can buy many devices to convert this signal to the standard RCA stereo inputs of my receiver, (Cables To Go has one for about 50 bucks) but as far as I can tell I would still have to set the output...
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