Home theater question?

Home theater question?

• I have a samsung tv a "syncmaster 2333HD" and it has 2 hdmi ports in and Im going to buy a home theater system and connect it with the tv's Digital Audio out/Toslink. What my question is when I play my xbox through the tv will the sound from the xbox-being the source, go through the tv and play on the home theater system? or will it only play on the tv in that mode? Because I looked on a site that said this "Digital Optical Does Not Work For All Sources On a number of Samsung TVs, the Digital Audio Output works only if you have selected either RF or Antenna In as your video and audio source. If you have selected any other video/audio source - AV, S-Video, Component, PCI, HDMI - the Digital Audio Output will not work and will be grayed out on the menu. On other Samsung TVs, the Digital Audio Output works if you have selected RF, Antenna In, AV, or S-Video as your video and audio source. The signal can be either digital or analog. However, if you have selected Component, DVI, or HDMI, Digital Audio Output will either not work or will be grayed out on the menu, or both. On older Samsung TVs, if you have connected a source (a DVD player, for example) to your TV using the Component, DVI, or HDMI jacks, and you want to output the audio from that source to an amplifier or Home Theater system, you must connect the audio output jacks from the source directly to the amplifier or Home Theater system."

• Answer:

  Those home theater in a box are not very reliable and are not flexible for adding or upgrading. The only system I would recommend is the Onkyo HT-S3400, it is a 5.1 receiver and a set of speakers. You can upgrade and also connect your xbox directly to it. Some times you will get lag time on picture and audio using those home theater in a box. If you read home theater magazine the only home theater in a box they recommend is the Onkyo HT-S9400. Demo the Onkyo system at your local Fry's Electronic and bring your own source of music for the demo. Hope this will help you out.