I got myself a pioneer home theater system which did not support any DTS decoding function.. I cant play 5.1 with my xbox and my wd hd tv player. Sifus here can pls suggest whether is better to get an AVR(at least 3/4 hdmi in port) for it or sell the whole system and get a home theater system which comes with a DTS decoder ? Im noob in this, tq pls guide me..

Usage:
LCD TV
Xbox 360
WD TV Media Player

This post has been edited by mckevin: Oct 12 2009, 01:17 PM

why don't you specify your budget 1st....
seldom today the HTiB does not comes with built in DTS decoder...which model is your Pioneer?

Yeah...even the low grade Pioneer models support DTS....

Do you mean no inputs Optical Inputs for the WDTV?

yaya.. my HT doesnt have optical in for my wd player.. sorry for the misunderstanding..

we....need... budget... even just a hint

um... im not sure.. the most important is that my wd hd tv player can play on my 5.1 speaker and decode mkv's DTS audio.. entry level will do.. thanks all the sifus.. the cheaper the better..

might be just the wd hd setting.

i stuck with the BD player n my marantz can't detech the channel.
after read again the BD player n walah... everything ok.

u read the panasonic if it's support DTS first. if it's support, then should be wd hd setting.

thks

This post has been edited by sychong: Oct 12 2009, 04:29 PM

If your HT has the digital coaxial input but your WDTV doesn't have the output, then it will be much cheaper to just change your WDTV rather than your HT system ?

wdtv has the digital coaxial out.. but my ht doesnt have the digital coaxial in..

bro, r u sure WDTV has digital coaxial output ? I could only see the optical output from its rear panel




The digital coaxial jack and connector should be something like this




If you HT doesn't have both digital coaxial and optical, then it's a bit strange

sorry.. is optical.. zzz.. i got mixed up.. im in a bit mess now cos i just move in to my new house.. and just found out that the HT doesnt have optical in..

By right your HT should at least has the coaxial digital jack for digital audio if no optical input. If this is the case, you will have 2 choices, either to get an AVR or to replace your WDTV, you could do your own calculation which option is cheaper

yeap.. i saw the yamaha thread and they were mentioning about a model 655 which has a number of hdmi port.. but after googling around.. it seems that the price is too steep for me.. so my main priority now is to get an AVR which supports at least an optical in for my WDTV . . .

If your budget is below 1k and assuming you don't need HDMI, I believe there are many AVRs out there selling below RM1k (about RM 600 and above). Probably you can reuse your existing Pioneer HT speakers until you have enough budget to upgrade.

Try Looking at Desa Home Theatre Kepong, there were many AVRs below RM1k when I last went there around August.

This post has been edited by dayalan86: Oct 12 2009, 05:33 PM

Ya..new one will not be cheap, maybe you could hunt for used unit. Most AVRs will have at least optical and coaxial digital in so should not be an issue.

thanks for giving me a rough idea on everything.. gonna lurk in google for the rest of the night.. cheers..

if u dun mind slightly older models i think can get good dealson yammy 663 or onkyo 606..not sure wher to find or how much are they tho but i reckon they shud be well below 2k

wdtv cant downmix dts

There are old model Sony avr that have optical input. Should be aroung 800 only