Multiformat lossless and streaming player. Pretty nice but pricey, the regular ones are $300 the Saturn ones are $400. I'd love one of the white ones.
For the first time in I cannot remember how long, I may be setting up a decent system at home. Our old living room was very tight and the TV had to go into the corner to fit properly. To add to that, much more than 50" was too much screen in too little place. The corner position assured that I couldn't have any proper floor standing speakers either.
Our new home is more of a traditional living room, I'm going to a 65" set and can finally bust my old B&W 601 S3 speakers out of storage. I really do not want anything more than a 2.1 setup and for the time being I have a very mediocre Yamaha receiver I can use. I do need HDMI support as I'll be passing my blu ray and HDDVD (LOL) players through it.
This one here seems to be a solid fit:
http://www.integrahometheater.com/P...7&class=Receiver&source=prodClass#prettyPhoto
Any other suggestions? I don't need anything extravagant, but not a $199 Best Buy special either.
I ended up getting one of these for my setup, mainly for future proofing as most of the features within it aren't usable in my game room at this time. Simple UI and works like a champ with a decent sound bar or speakers.
Marantz AV Audio & Video Component Receiver Black (NR1608), Works with Alexa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XY7F6MJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_KRQbCbHWQZJYR
I'd say look for true 4K support so you don't have to upgrade too close to the future. 4K is getting cheaper to get into, with TCL and Samsung making solid sets now a days.
You need to change your PS3 to bitstream out. It's probably decoding internally and downmixing to stereo.
https://www.panasonic.com/uk/support/discontinued-products/televisions/tx-50cx802b.html
Before I was running HDMI stright to the TV, the Toslink back to the receiver
That's how I have my PS3 setup. Haven't run across any BDs where the audio doesn't work properly.
It may be my LG set, I really do not know. There's not many settings I can do on my TV, but it is a mid tier 2015 set, so it's not old or anything. Netflix and Amazon will push 5.1 DD, but nothing more than that.
OK no it seems to me that your setup is not the same, as the TV should have nothing to do with it. Consider these two scenarios that I use, in both instances, TV volume is at zero.
1. PS3 to TV with HDMI. PS3 to AVR with TOSlink. TV is just for video. AVR is just for audio, Surround works.
I've got a Pioneer LD-S9 Laserdisc deck incoming. I have to get a stepdown converter before firing it up though.
That is ridiculous. Well done.
I don't think a stepdown converter is necessary, but unlike a game system a high end LD player may be one of the things where the slight variance in power may have an effect on image quality.