HDMI Switching

[rajatQ2]

Hi Guys,
I'm looking to get a new 7.1 receiver. I have a decent JVC 100 watt 5.1, but i don't like the sound that comes out of it.

I'm looking at this onkyo:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0015M4G8E/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

But i'm puzzled by what this guys says:

Just hooked it up and apparently this piece will not play audio through HDMI. It has pass-through and can only be played through the TV. Whats the point? I'm sure the rest of it is satisfactory but I could have kept my old non-HDMI.

so that means my hookup would go like this:

PS3 -> HDMI -> Onkyo -> HDMI -> TV

and then

TV -> Digital optical cable -> Receiver

seriously? That sounds totally backward. a response to that comment:

I believe the HDMI on most receivers are video pass-through. It was intended for that, probably due to DRM issues. I believe that higher-end receivers will transduce audio, like the 805, I know does. However, you would need to have an optic-fiber cable or coax to get digital audio.

that can't be right! won't there be a delay?

[InfiniteNothing]

The idea of pass through is so you can switch your video and your audio together without having to change the input on the tv and the reciever seperately. It saves the company a bit money because they don't have to put the high end audio decription chips in the reciever. In my experience, pass through, is not that common.

Oh and it would go

PS3 -> HDMI -> Onkyo -> HDMI -> TV

PS3 -> Digital optical -> Onkyo

[attgig]

there won't necessarily be a delay. if you think about svid+audio cables, or even any other form of connection besides coax, you had a separate signal for video and audio.