All of my components (Blu-ray, HD DVD, Xbox 360) are connected to my receiver via HDMI and then one HDMI cable from the receiver is connected to my HDTV.
Its surprisingly cheap. You can get a Onkyo 605 HDMI switching receiver for a little over 200. And it does all the HD audio codecs on top of that. The excuse that its too expensive is not a valid one anymore.
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All of my components (Blu-ray, HD DVD, Xbox 360) are connected to my receiver via HDMI and then one HDMI cable from the receiver is connected to my HDTV.
That's expensive for most people though. Having HDMI switching in a receiver isn't cheap.
Its surprisingly cheap. You can get a Onkyo 605 HDMI switching receiver for a little over 200. And it does all the HD audio codecs on top of that. The excuse that its too expensive is not a valid one anymore.
I agree with Andy. These days, even the lower end models of receivers have an HDMI switch (and if not, it has pass-through). You can get a great receiver for around $250 that includes HDMI. Lets use the Onkyo TX-SR605 as an example. http://www.us.onkyo.com/model.cfm?m=TX-SR605&class=Receiver&p=i Although the MSRP is $599, you can find it for a much better price. As an example, Amazon has one of their retailers selling it for $315. http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-SR605-Channel-Theater-Receiver/dp/B000OBLARC/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1213883877&sr=8-2 But when Amazon gets it in stock, they usually sell it for even less then that. And that's only from one site. I'm sure with some looking around, you can find it for a great price as well as Andy suggested.