out with the old box in with the new

[rckrz6]

Megadude said:

rckrz6 said:

Megadude said:
HDMI does digital audio and video so there is no need for the optical audio. If your stereo only does optical hook the 360 up to the TV and the TV up to the stereo.

No because the TV will out put that in stereo instead of surround sound.   If you have a receiver you want to go directly to that and not to the tv first

If his TV supports surround as My TV does then he should get surround. I would think any TV that's "new" enough to have an HDMI port would have surround.

i have a 2008 sony tv, the optical out audio out only is in stereo no matter what the input is.  Almost every tv is like this.. The audio is simply not passing through the tv from the xbox. its being processed then sent out.