Hi all,
First of all, let me thank each and everyone here in this forum who has been spending so much time to help each other out in buying and enjoying great home theater equipment.
I need some advice on the following:
I am considering the following equipment to build my HT with a budget of Rs. 25k.
1) Onkyo HTS-3100
2) Pioneer DV-410 ( or DV-600 DVD player.)
Questions:
1) Is there anybody in this forum who has this combo and pls let me know the performance.
2) To experience DD 5.1 and DTS, is using a digital Coaxial out the best option for the HTS 3100? How much will a decent digital coaxial cable cost?
3) For Video output, I intend the use the HDMI cable and hook it up directly to my 32 inch LCD TV ( yet to be purchased) from the pioneer dvd player as it has 1080p upscaling capabilities.
For Audio, if I use the Pioneer DV410, it has no DTS decoder but 2 channel downmix DTS output.the HTS 3100 has a DTS decoder but does this mean that I will not get true DTS 5.1 sound even if I use the digital coaxial cable because of the downmix 2 ch output? If the answer is no, then i will go for the DV-600.
4) While listening to mp3s on a usb stick, do i have to connect the analog output to the AVR? or can I still use the digital coaxial output for mp3s also?
Would appreciate if anyone could kindly clarify my doubts.
First of all, let me thank each and everyone here in this forum who has been spending so much time to help each other out in buying and enjoying great home theater equipment.
I need some advice on the following:
I am considering the following equipment to build my HT with a budget of Rs. 25k.
1) Onkyo HTS-3100
2) Pioneer DV-410 ( or DV-600 DVD player.)
Questions:
1) Is there anybody in this forum who has this combo and pls let me know the performance.
2) To experience DD 5.1 and DTS, is using a digital Coaxial out the best option for the HTS 3100? How much will a decent digital coaxial cable cost?
3) For Video output, I intend the use the HDMI cable and hook it up directly to my 32 inch LCD TV ( yet to be purchased) from the pioneer dvd player as it has 1080p upscaling capabilities.
For Audio, if I use the Pioneer DV410, it has no DTS decoder but 2 channel downmix DTS output.the HTS 3100 has a DTS decoder but does this mean that I will not get true DTS 5.1 sound even if I use the digital coaxial cable because of the downmix 2 ch output? If the answer is no, then i will go for the DV-600.
4) While listening to mp3s on a usb stick, do i have to connect the analog output to the AVR? or can I still use the digital coaxial output for mp3s also?
Would appreciate if anyone could kindly clarify my doubts.