Long Winded, but "simple" A/V Question...

motordavid · #1 12-05-2006, 05:46 PM

I need to get an A/V "receiver", CD changer, etc. to get our
system going here in the FL Bunker.

All I want is, to be able to run current Sony SXRD TV sound
through non-TV speakers. And, run receiver audio, eg CDs,
tuner, through those same speakers.

Those speakers will be cheapazz pair of sats w/a center speaker,
(don't give a damn about "rears" or sub; have them in the Mtn.
house and could not care less.)

I am not looking to spend a bundle and I am not after big name
high end stuff: a decent receiver, eg Yamaha, Sony, Onkyo et al,
3 speakers and a CD Changer, will do fine. Am not a room rumbling
movie junkie...

In digging, I see most of the A/V "receivers" do not offer HDMI
in/out until one gets to the $700 and up range. Does this really
matter if I don't have HDMI in/out? All I want is TV sound to
come out of non-TV speakers and use those same speakers for
casual listening of music.

I do have an HDMI cable from Comcrap's fancy HD-DVR box and an
HDMI cable from my Samsung dedicated DVD player, currently.

I am trying to avoid biggie buck receiver and still hook it properly,
so I don't screw up the vid feed from Box to TV, yet grab the TV
feed sound to run through speakers....

sorry if this neophyte description is more complex than the freakin
question or, answer.

I dug around on the A/V forum, but this kind of question requires
reading an encyclopediac list of posts or, getting bombed for asking
this kind of question.
Any comments/opins/ideas are welcome.
Thanks, mD

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