Is is easy to connect a home cinema system to my PS3?

Help setting up a great Home Cinema system?

• Bit of a broad question but any help would be appreciated. I would like to invest in a better audio set up with my 50" plasma. Looking at the cinema systems available, it seems all of them come with a blu ray player or dvd player. What I am looking for is the components to go with my PS3, Sky HD and Xbox HD DVD player to make up a 5.1 (or 7.1 - not sure which to go for) system. Im a complete beginner at this so can someone just tell me if the below logic is correct? I would need the following: A receiver (such as the Yamaha RX-V667) Optical cables for ps3-receiver and sky hd-receiver (How can I connect the xbox 360 to the system when video and audio go through hdmi?) Speakers to connect to the receiver (5 or 7) Can all these be bought seperatly? I dont want to buy a home cinema system that comes with a blu ray player because I already have one. Thanks

• Answer:

  There's a few things to say in reply to this question. The first thing is the 'Consumer Electrical Sales Manager' must work for Curry's or Comet because he hasn't the slightest idea what he's talking about. Second, I'm not altogether convinced you're not trolling as your choice of AV receiver somewhat voids the idea that you don't know anything about the subject. Are you aware that you are looking at spending upwards of £500 on a speaker package to release that receivers full potential? That receiver has 6 HDMI inputs and one output, all your HDMI capable components connect direct to it and one HDMI goes out to your TV, there should be no need for any optical connects. An AV receiver and separate speaker package is definately the way to go, but go to a proper Hi-Fi store for it like Richersounds or Superfi, although they want to make a sale, they do know what they're talking about. PS, proper Hi-Fi stores don't sell Bose equipment, need I say more?