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Sources again!

Posted by jedrider on February 27, 2012 at 12:02:20:
Audio sources are usually Left/Right, so no rocket science there ;-!
Sometimes, they are SP/DIF or Toslink. This is still old-school stuff, fortunately.
There my understanding starts going downhill. I know that HDMI is the latest and greatest stuff (this year, at least). HDMI-II, is there such a thing??
Anyway, I do PRESUME, that even if I get a Blu-ray player, which I have not purchased yet, that I can always get a 5.1 Digital output, I presume it is also SP/DIF or Toslink.
Does that put me so far behind the ball to rely upon 5.1 (is that basically Dolby, that almost all DVDs use, but blu-ray, what does that use??)
No, I haven't thought about amplification, but there are lots of inexpensive old 5.1 Receivers out there.