Quick Home Cinema Set-up Question (another DAV-IS10 topic...)

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I own a Sony KDL-26T3000, an Xbox 360, and a PlayStation 3 which I use for movie watching. After much thought, I've decided that the Sony DAV-IS10 is proberbly best suited for my room size (it's a medium sized bedroom), but I just need some confirmation on connecting it all up. Simply, can I connect the 360 and PS3 to the speakers for 5.1 surround sound, and will I just be able to ignore the DVD player part of the DAV if I'm using the PS3 as my main player instead (which I assume is a better quality DVD player)? In case it helps, the TV has two HDMI slots, and the PS3 and 360 only support optical, not coaxial. I guess this is a question of what cables would I need for it to work. And sorry for another DAV-IS10 post, but I couldn't find an answer elsewhere.

 

[professorhat]

Your main issue is the Sony only has one optical line in. This means either switching the cable each time you want to change between your PS3 / Xbox or getting a splitter like one of these.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply. I'm already used to switching the optical cable between the two. It's no fuss seeing as they're right next to each other, so it won't be a problem.

 

[Anonymous]

Are these manual switchers better than the splitters, in which you dont have to get up from your arm chair?

 

[gregch]

The DAV has a coax as well as the optical, so you could get a optical>coax connector and leave them both connected... that's probably what I'll do if I choose PS3 as a blu-ray player (as opposed to a 'proper' blu-ray player which will likely have coax as well as optical).